Suining
See also: Suíníng
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Sui-ning
Etymology
From Mandarin 遂寧／遂宁 (Suìníng).
Proper noun
Suining
- A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
- 1917 June 28, “POCONO NOTES”, in The Friend, volume 90, number 53, ISSN 0016-1268, OCLC 699526372, page 630:
- These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land.
- 2011 December 23, Wee, Sui-Lee; Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski; Ed Lane, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 19 August 2022, World News:
- Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.
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Translations
prefecture-level city in China
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