Ssupingkai

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proper noun

Synonym of Siping.

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proper noun
  1. datedSynonym of Siping.
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    The last-mentioned line in this category is a branch of the South Manchuria Railway running West from Ssupingkai. Judging from the amount of money lent for the construction and considering the temporary character of the bridgework, much of which is timber, construction under Japanese auspices is likely to prove costly.

    1922, H. Stringer, The Chinese Railway System, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, →OCLC, page 45

    A believer in mobility, he has great contempt for fixed defenses. One of his first moves, after he captured Changchun, was to tear down all pillboxes, even though there was the threat that Nationalist armies would soon break the stalemate of Ssupingkai and converge on his newly won city—an event which did occur a month later.

    1971 [1951], Robert B. Rigg, Red China's Fighting Heroes, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37

    Bishop Lane chose to remain, with Father Edward McGurkin as his companion, to symbolize Maryknoll’s desire to be with their people. They were sent to an internment camp in Ssupingkai where they were reunited with Father Armand Jacques, a Canadian Maryknoller who had been there since his arrest on December 1941. The three men stayed in the camp with other Canadian internees until the end of World War II.

    1988, Jean-Paul Wiest, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 357

    Synonyms: Siping

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proper nounSynonym of Siping.

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Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 四平街 (Sìpíngjiē), using the dialectal pronunciation gāi for 街.

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