Changtai

See also: chángtài, Chángtài, and Ch'ang-t'ai

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'ang-t'ai (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 長泰／长泰 (Chángtài).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈtaɪ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/

Proper noun

Changtai

1. A district of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
   • 1993, Claudine Salmon, “Cults Peculiar to the Chinese in Java”, in Cheu Hock Tong, editor, Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia (Studies on the Chinese Religion in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia)‎^[1], Pelanduk Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 297:

     Even in Tegal, where the temple still retains its original name, some other deities—Xuantian shangdi, Shennong, and Qingyuan zhenjun (a deity worshipped by the people from Changtai district, Fujian province), etc.—have been introduced.

   • 2003, Joyce A. Madancy, “Provincial Patterns of Reform Before the Revolution of 1911”, in The Troublesome Legacy of Commissioner Lin: The Opium Trade and Opium Suppression in Fujian Province, 1820s to 1920s (Harvard East Asian Monographs)‎^[2], volume 227, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:

     Just north of Zhangzhou city, in Changtai county, a branch of the Anti-Opium Society was established in 1907. Under its leadership, opium dens were shut down, and opium shops were licensed or closed. The only available account of the suppression campaign in Changtai expresses serious misgivings about the effectiveness of the society, however, claiming that what appeared to be progress was simply the transformation of an open trade in opium into an underground commerce.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長泰／长泰 (zh) (Chángtài)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changtai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 726, column 2

Anagrams

• agnathic