Hsien-feng

A form of Xianfeng — An era name of Qing, used in 1851 – 1861.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Xianfeng.
    1 more example

    According to a Hupeh Daily report, T'ang Yu-lien, a nineteen-year-old peasant girl attached to production team No. 5 of Ch'ün-kuang production brigade of Shih-tzu-lu commune, Hsien-feng county, courageously exposed the theft of collective property by her uncle, T'ang Chiu-chiang, who was a deputy leader of the production team, and thereby protected the collective interests.

    1968, Jerome Alan Cohen, The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1963: An Introduction, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168

Origin

  1. Mandarin咸豐
  2. EnglishHsien-feng

From Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-fêng¹.

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