Tankan.¹

Brit.

/ˈtaŋkə/,

/ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈtɑŋkə/

Forms: Also tankia, tanchia.

Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese), < Chinese tan, lit. ‘egg’, + Cantonese ka, in South Mandarin kia, North Mandarin chia, family, people.

The boat-population of Canton, who live entirely on the boats by which they earn their living: they are descendants of a tribe of which Tan was apparently the name. Tanka boat, a boat of the kind in which these people live.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Chinese peoples > [noun]

Manchu1697

Lolo1736

Miaotse1810

Tanka1839

Hakka1854

Tungan1875

Miao1882

Yao1883

Yüeh1901

Mien1902

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > houseboat

houseboat1772

Tanka boat1839

house-barge1860

shanty-boat1880

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > houseboat > type of

hulk1671

Tanka boat1839

shanty-boat1880

quarter boat1929

1839 Chinese Repository 7 506 The small boats of Tanka women are never without this appendage.

1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom I. vii. 321 The tankia, or boat-people, at Canton form a class in some respects beneath the other portions of the community.

1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xiii. 23 A large part of the boats at Canton are tankia boats, about 25 feet long, containing only one room, and covered with movable mats, so contrived as to cover the whole vessel; they are usually rowed by women.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 5/2 The Tankas, numbering perhaps 50,000 in all, gain their livelihood by ferrying people to and fro on the broad river with its creeks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tankan.²

Brit.

/ˈtaŋkə/,

/ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈtɑŋkə/

Forms: Also Tanka.

Etymology: Japanese, < tan short + ka song.

A form of Japanese verse which consists of thirty-one syllables, the first and third lines containing five and the other three lines seven syllables.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > Japanese

renga1855

uta1855

tanka1877

haiku1899

waka1932

senryu1938

1877 W. G. Aston Gram. Japanese Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 197 Tanka..or mijika-uta, i.e. ‘short poetry’, so-called to distinguish it from naga-uta or ‘long poetry’, is by far the commonest Japanese metre.

1899 W. G. Aston Hist. Japanese Lit. i. ii. 29 The Tanka is the most universal and characteristic of the various forms of poetry in Japan.

1923 Jun Fujita (title) Tanka; poems in exile.

1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 201 A Japanese tanka..on the prolification on the exquisite little cups of the lichen.

1968 Encycl. Brit. XII. 886/1 From the raw material of Chinese poetry came the exquisite haiku and tanka forms.

1982 PN Rev. No. 26. 60/1 I do not think that haiku and tanka are translatable... Fortunately, there is a great deal more to Japanese poetry than tanka and haiku.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tankan.³

Brit.

/ˈtaŋkə/,

/ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈtɑŋkə/

Forms: Also thang-ka, thanka, etc.

Etymology: < Tibetan t‘áṅ-ka, t‘áṅ-ga image, painting.

In Tibetan Buddhism: a religious (scroll-)painting on woven material, hung as a banner in temples and carried in processions.

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > banner > painting as

tanka1925

1925 G. Roerich Tibetan Paintings 17 The most characteristic production of Tibetan pictorial art is the so-called thaṅ-ka, a word which is commonly interpreted as ‘banner’.

1928 ‘Ganpat’ Magic Ladakh vii. 129 From the beams of the flat ceiling depend painted banners of silk—the gift of various donors. These tankas, as they are called, are often very beautiful.

1939 M. Pallis Peaks & Lamas i. vi. 68 We were also shown a scroll-painting of the type found universally in Tibet, and called a t'hanka.

1952 A. K. Gordon Tibetan Relig. Art 15 Thang-kas are paintings or, occasionally, embroidered pictures, usually called ‘banners’. They..are hung in the temples and at family altars in homes... They portray a deity..or scenes from the life of Buddha.

1969 ‘R. Farre’ Beckoning Land xx. 242 Thankas are similar to Chinese scroll paintings but the Tibetan ones are always on some religious theme.

1979 Financial Times 7 July 2/2 The imposing Potala Palace is uninhabited with its thousands of priceless gold Buddha statues, rare ‘tankas’, innumerable Buddhist scrolls and scrips.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1839

n.²1877

n.³1925

单词	tanka
释义	Tankan.¹ Brit. /ˈtaŋkə/, /ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S. /ˈtɑŋkə/ Forms: Also tankia, tanchia. Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese), < Chinese tan, lit. ‘egg’, + Cantonese ka, in South Mandarin kia, North Mandarin chia, family, people. The boat-population of Canton, who live entirely on the boats by which they earn their living: they are descendants of a tribe of which Tan was apparently the name. Tanka boat, a boat of the kind in which these people live. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Chinese peoples > [noun] Manchu1697 Lolo1736 Miaotse1810 Tanka1839 Hakka1854 Tungan1875 Miao1882 Yao1883 Yüeh1901 Mien1902 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > houseboat houseboat1772 Tanka boat1839 house-barge1860 shanty-boat1880 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > houseboat > type of hulk1671 Tanka boat1839 shanty-boat1880 quarter boat1929 1839 Chinese Repository 7 506 The small boats of Tanka women are never without this appendage. 1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom I. vii. 321 The tankia, or boat-people, at Canton form a class in some respects beneath the other portions of the community. 1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xiii. 23 A large part of the boats at Canton are tankia boats, about 25 feet long, containing only one room, and covered with movable mats, so contrived as to cover the whole vessel; they are usually rowed by women. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 5/2 The Tankas, numbering perhaps 50,000 in all, gain their livelihood by ferrying people to and fro on the broad river with its creeks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tankan.² Brit. /ˈtaŋkə/, /ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S. /ˈtɑŋkə/ Forms: Also Tanka. Etymology: Japanese, < tan short + ka song. A form of Japanese verse which consists of thirty-one syllables, the first and third lines containing five and the other three lines seven syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > Japanese renga1855 uta1855 tanka1877 haiku1899 waka1932 senryu1938 1877 W. G. Aston Gram. Japanese Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 197 Tanka..or mijika-uta, i.e. ‘short poetry’, so-called to distinguish it from naga-uta or ‘long poetry’, is by far the commonest Japanese metre. 1899 W. G. Aston Hist. Japanese Lit. i. ii. 29 The Tanka is the most universal and characteristic of the various forms of poetry in Japan. 1923 Jun Fujita (title) Tanka; poems in exile. 1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 201 A Japanese tanka..on the prolification on the exquisite little cups of the lichen. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XII. 886/1 From the raw material of Chinese poetry came the exquisite haiku and tanka forms. 1982 PN Rev. No. 26. 60/1 I do not think that haiku and tanka are translatable... Fortunately, there is a great deal more to Japanese poetry than tanka and haiku. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tankan.³ Brit. /ˈtaŋkə/, /ˈtɑːŋkə/, U.S. /ˈtɑŋkə/ Forms: Also thang-ka, thanka, etc. Etymology: < Tibetan t‘áṅ-ka, t‘áṅ-ga image, painting. In Tibetan Buddhism: a religious (scroll-)painting on woven material, hung as a banner in temples and carried in processions. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > banner > painting as tanka1925 1925 G. Roerich Tibetan Paintings 17 The most characteristic production of Tibetan pictorial art is the so-called thaṅ-ka, a word which is commonly interpreted as ‘banner’. 1928 ‘Ganpat’ Magic Ladakh vii. 129 From the beams of the flat ceiling depend painted banners of silk—the gift of various donors. These tankas, as they are called, are often very beautiful. 1939 M. Pallis Peaks & Lamas i. vi. 68 We were also shown a scroll-painting of the type found universally in Tibet, and called a t'hanka. 1952 A. K. Gordon Tibetan Relig. Art 15 Thang-kas are paintings or, occasionally, embroidered pictures, usually called ‘banners’. They..are hung in the temples and at family altars in homes... They portray a deity..or scenes from the life of Buddha. 1969 ‘R. Farre’ Beckoning Land xx. 242 Thankas are similar to Chinese scroll paintings but the Tibetan ones are always on some religious theme. 1979 Financial Times 7 July 2/2 The imposing Potala Palace is uninhabited with its thousands of priceless gold Buddha statues, rare ‘tankas’, innumerable Buddhist scrolls and scrips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1839n.²1877n.³1925
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