中華
/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949) · an urban village in Songshan district, Taipei, Taiwan · short for 中華臺北／中华台北 (Zhōnghuá Táiběi, “Chinese Taipei”)
Etimoloji
So named because the first ancient Chinese settlements were around the Yellow River, which was considered to be the center, and because the culture was considered to be magnificent and flourishing. First attested in Huan Wen's memorial recommending Qiao Xiu (dated [347 CE]), quoted in Sun Sheng's lost Annals of Jin (晉陽秋) [4th century] and later quoted in Pei Songzhi's Annotations [early 5th…