Nan-jih
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 南日 (Nánrì) cf. Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-jih⁴.
Senses: examples: text: We narrowly escaped running ashore near the island of Nan-jih, which belongs to Footeen district. Several junks had anchored in this harbour, some of which we visited, and were advised to go to Shang-hae in Keang-nan, where we might find a ready market for our cargo.
ref: 1834, Charles Gutzlaff, Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832, & 1833, with Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands, London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, →OCLC, page 205:
text: The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min.
ref: [1837 May, “Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions.”, in The Chinese Repository, volume VI, number 1, Canton, →OCLC, pages 12–13:
text: The guerrillas claim that in 1952 alone they captured 5,000 Communist prisoners (874 were captured in a battle on Nan-jih Island while I was in Formosa), annihilated 7000 or 7500 Reds, grabbed a dozen islands, and threw the Communists off balance so they did not dare deplete their coastal garrisons to send more men into Indochina.
ref: 1953, Geraldine Fitch, Formosa Beachhead, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 259–260:
text: On Nan-jih Island in Fukien Province , the People's Liberation Army actively helped the local militia to [...]
ref: 1971, Chinese Law and Government, volume 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 267:
text: WE SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE FLIGHTS SOUTH OF NAN-JIH ISLAND ON MAY 9 AND ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER IT PROVIDES BASIS FOR RENEWED APPROACH TO ROC.
ref: 1978 May, TAIWAN STRAIT SITUATION, US Department of State, page 1:
text: For Quemoy, the next challenge was close at hand. Now that the island's guerrillas had proved themselves in battle, the next target selected was Nan-jih Island, a county-sized island located about midway between Amoy and Foochow, certain to have a sizable contingent of regular forces training daily for the possibility of an aggressive strike by their guerrilla enemies.
ref: 1999, Frank Holober, Raiders of the China Coast: CIA Covert Operations During the Korean War, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51:
glosses: Alternative form of Nanri.