Hsien-ning

A form of Xianning — A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Xianning.

    My third sister was sent to Hsien-ning in Hupei. She was busy carrying manure and planting crops.

    2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183
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    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.

    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

    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).

    1962, T'ung-tsu Ch'ü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299

    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.

    1993, Jennie Ch'en Chieh-ju, edited by Lloyd E. Eastman, Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Past, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 209

Origin

  1. Mandarin咸寧 /咸甯 /咸宁
  2. EnglishHsien-ning

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

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