Re: [CHN] 2 geography questions

From: Thomas Chan (tc31@cornell.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 00:52:27 EDT

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    On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, villafea wrote:

    > my self-induced geography study is an ongoing disaster.
    > can someone please give me the tones or characters for _Lushun_,
    > before i go insane?

    Port Arthur? Luu3shun4 ¤jªf.

    > also, an old map seems to refer to a _Taku_ in Hebei. is there now
    > a modern name for Taku? the only gloss i can find refers instead
    > to a municipality in Taiwan.

    You mean Taku as in the Taku forts? It's Da4gu1 ®È¶¶.

    Thomas Chan
    tc31@cornell.edu



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