Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Xianning.
By the end of November the number of pigs in Hsienning Prefecture had increased 18 percent over the corresponding period of 1975, while the number of collectively raised pigs had increased 28.3 percent.
1977 February 8 [1977 January 29], “Hupeh Pig Raising”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 26, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hupeh Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page H 81 more example
In Hupeh province, the peasants of Tungcheng (in southern Hupeh) began to revolt at the end of August and the uprising spread to Tungshan and Chungyang counties. Later, these peasants joined forces with the peasants of Puchi and Hsienning and bribed with huge amounts of money the bandits under Chang Chao-feng’s command to cut off, on September 9, the Wuchang-Changsha Railway for more than 10 days and attack Hsienning city.
1978 April, “A Series of Chaos and Uprisings”, in China's Struggle with Red Peril, World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, →OCLC, pages 96–97
Origin
- Mandarin咸寧 /咸甯 /咸宁
- EnglishHsienning
From Mandarin 咸寧 /咸甯 /咸宁 (Xiánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-ning².
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