Chinchew

English Alternative forms en Chincheo en Chin-chew Etymology en Uncertain. Either: en es Chincheo directly or indirectly via pt Chincheo, ultimately from en nan-hbl 漳州 Cheng-chiu IPA: /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕiu³³/ Chiangchew/Zhangzhou specifically of the en nan-qua - dialect pronunciation, according to Van der Loon (1967), Boxer (1953) and the 1902 Encyclopedia from older late 1800s records, due to European sailors initially denoting on maps the Xiamen Bay Bay of Amoy and surrounding areas as "nan-hbl 漳州 -" with various transcriptions such as "Chiochiu", "Chanchiu", "Chincheo", etc. as per Van der Loon (1967). From a supposed previous "en Tsuien-chow" romanization, from cmn 泉州 IPA: /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/ according to Duncan (1902) Compare en Chiangchew. See also nan-hbl 晉江 Chìn-kang, nan-hbl 泉州 Choân-chiu, nan-hbl 漳州 Chiang-chiu / Cheng-chiu, zh 漳江. Pronunciation en /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃuː/ en Chin chew Proper noun en dated en city in southern p/Fujian c/China Quanzhou. en 1837 May Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions. w:The Chinese Repository https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor00unse/ Canton VI 1 1554371 12–13 https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor00unse/page/13/ The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min. en https://archive.org/details/fortyyearsins00fagg/ 1894 John Gerardus Fagg Forty Years in South China New York Anson D. F. Randolph & Company 2009683 6342102M 135 https://archive.org/details/fortyyearsins00fagg/page/135/ It was then suggested that if two more men were ready perhaps it would be well to appoint them for the region north of us, to carry the Gospel to the villages and towns between Amoy and Chinchew and see whether the way might not be open to begin operations in that city. Chinchew is an important city near the seacoast, about one-third of the way from Amoy to Foochovv. The suggestion concerning the appointment of men for Chinchew was new to us. en 1975 w:Peter Ward Fay The Opium War 1840-1842 https://archive.org/details/opiumwar184018420000fayp/ Chapel Hill w:University of North Carolina Press 1997 0-8078-4714-3 97-35261 670173619 124 https://archive.org/details/opiumwar184018420000fayp/page/124/ They holed easily; once, off Chinchew, when Dent’s Lord Amherst chose to send a few warning rounds over the heads of several anchored rather too close, a gun happened to hang fire until the ship rolled, and she accidentally put a ball smack into one and saw her fill and go down. en 1989 Gunnar Thompson Nu Sun https://archive.org/details/nusunasianameric00thom/ Fresno, CA Pioneer Publishing Co. 0-9621990-0-1 88-83728 760416690 214 https://archive.org/details/nusunasianameric00thom/page/214/ Worcester (1972, 22) indicates that the whitewash used on ships around Chinchew, China, contains wood oil extracted from the poisonous seeds of Dryandra cordifolia which prevents attack by sea worms. en 2016 Liam Byrne William Jardine (merchant) William Jardine Dragons: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain https://archive.org/details/dragonstenentrep0000byrn/ w:Head of Zeus 9781781857472 951120481 227 https://archive.org/details/dragonstenentrep0000byrn/page/227/ Sailing under Spanish colours with his cousin William McKay at the helm, Matheson left the safe haven of Canton and headed north to Chinchew (Quanzhou), in Fujian. There, Matheson managed to offload $80,000- (over £17,000)- worth of the drug — enough to persuade him to return in the autumn - when storms forced his ship to take shelter 30 miles short of Chinchew in what turned out to be the region’s principal opium port. en April 21, 2019 Jojie Alcantara The Jose Rizal Square in Jinjiang, China https://web.archive.org/web/20230401230341/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/ampArticle/1802222 01 April 2023 w:SunStar José Rizal Rizal’s great, great grandfather named Domingo Lamco (also called Lam-co, Cua Yi Lam in Hokkien or Ke Yi-nan in Mandarin) was a native of Sionque, in the Chinchew district of the province of Fookien. He migrated to the Philippines due to political unrest in China and settled in Calamba in 1697. en Further reading Van der Loon Piet 1967 The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2 http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1745sWSSKnQ.pdf Asia Major New Series en 13 97 & 100 Charles Ralph Boxer 1953 South China in the Sixteenth Century: Being the Narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr. Gaspar Da Cruz, O.P. [and] Fr. Martín de Rada, O.E.S.A. (1550-1575). https://books.google.com.ph/books?redir_esc=y&id=ImoTAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=chincheo Issue 106 of Works issued by the Hakluyt Society London Hakluyt Society 106 313-326 Duncan Annie N. The City of Springs or Mission Work in Chinchew https://archive.org/details/princeton_theological_seminary_3720_0539/page/n23/mode/2up 1902 Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier Edinburgh & London 17 Chinchew (Chinchu) (currently known as: Quanzhou) https://www.1902encyclopedia.com/C/CHI/chinchew.html 1902 Encyclopedia February 13, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230515095543/https://www.1902encyclopedia.com/C/CHI/chinchew.html