Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Suqian.
Even larger landholdings are attributed to a monastery in Su-ch'ien hsien, northern Kiangsu.
1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4952 more examples
The portion of the Canal known as the Su Yün-ho, which they have to pass, contains numerous shoals, which it has hitherto been the custom to dredge as occasion demands. Above the Su-ch’ien section there are six sluices which are opened or shut as circumstances dictate.
1881 [1880 May 16], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1880, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 91In the Yeh clan genealogy, Yeh Tao-yüan of Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, is recorded as a provincial graduate of 1870.
1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96
Origin
- Mandarin宿遷 /宿迁
- EnglishSu-ch'ien
From Mandarin 宿遷 /宿迁 (Sùqiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.
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