Haishenwei

Hai-shen-wei Hǎishēnwēi English Alternative forms en Hai-shen-wei also from _ Wade-Giles en Haicanwei misspelling Etymology From en cmn 海參崴 Hǎishēnwēi sea cucumber bayVladivostok 2042 2 Chinese Hai-shen-wei [=trepang bay], en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wêi¹. Pronunciation hī′shŭn′wā′ en Hai shen wei Proper noun en Vladivostok: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. en 1967 w:Henry McAleavy The Second Opium War The Modern History of China https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryofc0000unse_o6k5/ w:Frederick A. Praeger 66-18911 313112191 91 https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryofc0000unse_o6k5/page/91/ But a fait accompli even more spectacular than this awaited the Chinese. For the naval officer Nevelskoi had surveyed the Manchurian coast down to the Korean border and had urged successfully that this, too, as far inland as the Ussuri River, must be included in the Tsar’s dominions. At the southern end, in particular, the town of Haishenwei with its harbour would make a splendid port. en 1977 October w:Rewi Alley To Taching in 1977 Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1977-10_16_10/ XVI 10 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 8 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1977-10_16_10/page/8/ 2 Once ships could sail down the river to the Heilungkiang (Amur) and from there on to Haishenwei (Vladivostock) until the way was blocked by the Russians. en July 29, 2003 Peter Baker A Tense Divide in Russia's Far East https://web.archive.org/web/20220708213508/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/07/29/a-tense-divide-in-russias-far-east/adcbad77-233a-4c29-8074-9be338179477/ Today, according to regional experts, at least 200,000 Chinese live in Russia's Far East, a region roughly 5,000 miles from Moscow, and many more stay for long stretches of time. They have helped transform the towns along the border in their own image. In Nakhodka, on the Pacific coast, a shopping center built to resemble the Great Wall beckons customers. The Chinese who have settled in Vladivostok, once closed to foreigners as home to the Soviet fleet, have taken to calling the city by its old Chinese name, Haishenwei. en Usage notes Haishenwei follows the Taiwan (ROC) pronunciation for 崴 wēi bay, originally a pronunciation from mainland China, while Haishenwai follows the mainland China (PRC) pronunciation. Synonyms en Haishenwai Translations city Chinese: Cantonese: yue 海參崴 Mandarin: cmn 海參崴 Hǎishēnwǎi, Hǎishēnwēi Japanese: ja References Further reading Haishenwei, Haishenwai en 3-syllable words