Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 12, 2003 16:59
21 yrs ago
Chinese term
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Su-han Region
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Chinese to English
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Geography
This is from a German book I am translating into English. I need the proper Pinyin spelling of the region, and can't seem to find it on the web.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | 苏杭地区 |
Chinoise
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| 4 +2 | 默狢 跋) |
Francis Fine
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| 5 +1 | Suzhou-Hangzhou region |
McKinley (X)
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Proposed translations
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苏杭地区
苏杭地区
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Note added at 2003-01-12 17:04:52 (GMT)
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I think the correct pinyin for it should be Su-hang diqu( Su-hang Region, 苏杭地区)
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I can assume from the above that you are most probably talking about 苏州 and 杭州.
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Yes, Nancy. Su-hang Region is near Shanghai and exactly in the south.
HTH
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Note added at 2003-01-12 17:04:52 (GMT)
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I think the correct pinyin for it should be Su-hang diqu( Su-hang Region, 苏杭地区)
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Note added at 2003-01-12 17:07:20 (GMT)
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I can assume from the above that you are most probably talking about 苏州 and 杭州.
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Note added at 2003-01-12 18:07:06 (GMT)
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Yes, Nancy. Su-hang Region is near Shanghai and exactly in the south.
HTH
Peer comment(s):
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Y_Bill
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Li-chuan Yen
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Danke!
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Donglai Lou (X)
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Kvasir
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Francis Fine
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默狢 跋)
This answer has been given by a colleage. I just wish to elaborate on the origin of the name.
The name comes from two places near Shanghai. They were both famous before Shanghai was even developed. Take the first characters of these two cities Suzhou 默 and Hangzhou 狢, you have the combined name Suhan 默狢. As our colleage rightly said, the word "han" should be written thus"hang." But, somehow people wish to avoid hang which connotes hanging and death
The name comes from two places near Shanghai. They were both famous before Shanghai was even developed. Take the first characters of these two cities Suzhou 默 and Hangzhou 狢, you have the combined name Suhan 默狢. As our colleage rightly said, the word "han" should be written thus"hang." But, somehow people wish to avoid hang which connotes hanging and death
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Suzhou-Hangzhou region
for clarity though, since Suzhou and Hangzhou are pretty well-known cities, I'd say Suzhou-Hangzhou region is more clear.
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