Te-chou

Etymology

From Mandarin 德州 (Dézhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tê²-chou¹.^[1]

Proper noun

Te-chou

1. Alternative form of Dezhou
   • 1966, Jonathan D. Spence, Tsʻao Yin and the Kʻang-hsi Emperor; Bondservant and Master‎, Yale University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 126:

     The following day he was formally welcomed by the officials of Shantung province at Te-chou.

   • 1978, David D. Buck, Urban Change in China‎, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 197:

     North of Tsinan the Communist armies held Te-chou and blocked any hope of rail connections with Tientsin.

   • 1979, Silas H. L. Wu, Passage to Power: Kʻang-hsi and His Heir Apparent, 1661-1722‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:

     The imperial train arrived on November 22 at Te-chou, a city in western Shantung along the border of Chihli.

References

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tehchow or Te-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1888, column 1

Anagrams

• touche, touché