Tsingtao

English

Etymology

The postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 青島／青岛 (Qīngdǎo).

Proper noun

Tsingtao

  1. Alternative form of Qingdao
    • December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 121:
      Into Nelson Bell's earphones squawked a message from the consul at Tsingtao and then from the American minister himself, "insisting that we leave." The decisive factor, however, was a frank acceptance that to stay might increase the difficulties of Chinese Christians when the victorious revolutionary army poured into North Kiangsu.

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