Ssu-p'ing

A form of siping — A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.

OriginMandarin 四平 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Siping.

    Meanwhile, Chou En-lai said in effect that a Nationalist breakthrough at Ssu-p'ing would imperil the entire communist situation in Manchuria.

    1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50

Origin

  1. Mandarin四平
  2. EnglishSsu-p'ing

From Mandarin 四平 (Sìpíng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ssŭ⁴-pʻing².

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Ssu-p'ing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ssu-p'ing

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Chicago

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