Su-ch'ien
English
Map including Su-ch'ien (DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From Mandarin 宿遷／宿迁 (Sùqiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.
Proper noun
Su-ch'ien
- Alternative form of Suqian
- 1881 [May 16, 1880], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1880, Shanghai, OCLC 977540138, page 91:
- 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.
- 1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry, Seattle: University of Washington Press, LCCN 61-11577, OCLC 912962942, page 96:
- In the Yeh clan genealogy, Yeh Tao-yüan of Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, is recorded as a provincial graduate of 1870.
- 1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 67-13256, OCLC 954340677, page 495:
- Even larger landholdings are attributed to a monastery in Su-ch'ien hsien, northern Kiangsu.
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Translations
Suqian — see Suqian
Anagrams
- echinus