Tiananmen

== English == === Alternative forms === Tian'anmen (Hanyu Pinyin, official) Tienanmen, T'ien-an-men, T'ienanmen, T'ien-an Men (Wade–Giles) === Etymology === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 天安門／天安门 (Tiān'ānmén), literally "the gate of Heaven's peacemaking" or conventionally: "the gate of heavenly peace", without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰjɛnˈɑnˈmʌn/, enPR: tyěnʹänʹmǔnʹ === Proper noun === Tiananmen A gate near the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tiananmen. Ellipsis of Tiananmen Square. 2001, Jasper Becker, ‘‘Comrade Jiang Zemin does indeed seem a proper choice’, London Review of Books[12], vol. 23, no. 10: Jiang Zemin has almost managed to make the event disappear down an Orwellian memory hole. Even in Western countries, sub-editors have taken to calling it the ‘Tiananmen crackdown’, rather than ‘massacre’, making it seem as insignificant as the endless stories about routine ‘crackdowns’ on smuggling, prostitution, counterfeit goods, VAT forms or corruption, which provide the stuff of daily reporting here in China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tiananmen. ==== Usage notes ==== Tiananmen can be considered a misspelling of Tian'anmen. In theory, a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. Hence, Tiananmen is not allowed since tia is not a syllable in modern standard Mandarin, a word made up of tian, an and men would be spelled as Tian'anmen (cf. Tian'anmen), a word made up of ti, an, an and men would be spelled as Ti'an'anmen and a word made up of ti, a, nan and men would be spelled as Ti'ananmen. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will. ==== Derived terms ==== Tiananmen Square ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “Tiananmen, Tiananmen Square, Tian'anmen, Tian'anmen Square”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Tian’anmen, not Tiananmen”, in Pinyin.info‎[17], 2 June 2009, archived from the original on 5 June 2009‎[18]: “Microsoft Word certainly isn’t helping matters, as it flags the correct form (Tian’anmen) as a misspelling but does not flag the apostrophe-less form (Tiananmen). Indeed, if you ask the program to help you with the supposedly misspelled “Tian’anmen”, it suggests “Tiananmen”.” === Anagrams === Mantinean