Suiping

Sui·ping
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proper noun

A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

    Two counties—Suiping and Pingyu—in the Hsinyang district of Honan province took the lead in this movement.

    1958, India Quarterly, volumes 14-15, Indian Council of World Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27
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    The city of Suiping is situated on the Peking-Hankow Railway and is the farthest north of our mission stations. It is the center of a district with a population of approximately 300,000 people who rank comparatively high in literacy. Suiping was opened as a main station in 1912 when Rev. H. M. Nesse arrived to take charge of the mission work.

    1934, White Unto Harvest in China: A Survey of the Lutheran United Mission, the China Mission of the N.L.C.A., 1890-1934, →OCLC, page 76

    Actually they planted so much that there was a surplus. Suiping county alone sold 50,000 tons of turnips and cabbage to the state.

    1978 February, Rewi Alley, “The Epic of Chumatien”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 2, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2

    A letter from Comrade (Li Hezhi), a listener in Suiping County, says: It is a Jiazi year [first year of Chinese 60-year cycle] this year. There will be natural and man-made calamities.

    1984 March 22 [1984 March 17], “Henan Letters Reflect Feudal Superstitions”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 057, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Zhengzhou Henan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, PRC Regional Affaris: Central-South Region, page P 2

    The school has also banned students from hand-holding and time alone with each other, pupils from Suiping County No 1 High School in Henan province said on the news-clip platform Pear Video this week.

    2019 March 14, Mandy Zuo, “Chinese school segregates boys from girls in cafeteria as part of clampdown on teenage romances”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2019, Society

Origin

  1. Mandarin遂平
  2. EnglishSuiping

From Mandarin 遂平.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 遂平
  • 遂平county
Chinese Mandarin 遂平
  • 遂平county
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APA

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“Suiping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suiping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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