Meanings
alternative Suanwei
- A county-level city of Qujing, Yunnan, China.
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Nonsmoking women in an area of China’s Yunnan province die of lung cancer at a rate 20 times that of their counterparts in other regions of the country — and higher than anywhere else in the world.[…] Like others in rural China, the families of Xuanwei County use coal for heat and for cooking. As the coal burns, particles of silica are released with the vapor and inhaled. Women, who do the cooking, face the greatest exposure.
2010 January 11, Sindya N. Bhanoo, “Coal Is Linked to Cancer in China Province”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2010, Health
Origin
- Mandarin宣威
- EnglishXuanwei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 宣威 (Xuānwēi).
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Chinese Cantonese 宣威
- 宣威 (syun¹ wai¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 宣威
- 宣威 (Xuānwēi)county-level city
Hindi श्वेनवेइ
- श्वेनवेइ (śvenvei)county-level city
Japanese 宣威
- 宣威 (seni)county-level city
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Xuanwei. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xuanwei
“Xuanwei.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xuanwei. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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