Hsien-ning

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English

Map including HSIEN-NING (SIENNING) (AMS, 1961)

Etymology

From Mandarin 咸寧 / 咸甯 / 咸宁 (Xiánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-ning².

Proper noun

Hsien-ning

  1. Alternative form of Xianning
    • 1943, Kuo Mo-jo, Josiah W. Bennett, trans., “A Poet with the Northern Expedition”, in Far Eastern Quarterly, volume 3, number 1, Columbia University Press, page 26:
      According to them, the battle of Tʻing-ssu-chʻiao²⁹ had been concluded last night and fighting was now probably breaking out in the region of Hsien-ning 咸甯.
    • 1962, T'ung-tsu Ch'ü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:
      Tea certificates were issued by the magistrates of the following localities: Ch'ien-shan and sixteen other hsien in Anhui; Shan-hua and sixteen other hsien in Hunan. In Hupeh, certificates were issued by the magistrate of Chien-shih to tea merchants. In Hsien-ning and six other chou and hsien, tea planters also received certificates to sell tea (Hu-pu tse-li, 32:4-5).
    • 1993, Jennie Ch'en Chieh-ju, edited by Lloyd E. Eastman, Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Past, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 209:
      Wu P'ei-fu was personally supervising this important battle. He and his generals were directing operations from Hsien-ning, only a few miles north of the battlefield.
    • 2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:
      My third sister was sent to Hsien-ning in Hupei. She was busy carrying manure and planting crops.

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