建寧

建寧

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	peace; tranquility
trad. (建寧)		建	寧
simp. (建宁)		建	宁

Etymology

Selected by Emperor Ling.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiànníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ ning⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): Gṳ̿ing-nǎing
• Min Nan (POJ): Kiàn-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiànníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiànníng
    • Wade–Giles: Chien⁴-ning²
    • Yale: Jyàn-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannning
    • Palladius: Цзяньнин (Czjanʹnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ ning⁴
    • Yale: gin nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ nɪŋ²¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Gṳ̿ing-nǎing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ³³ naiŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiàn-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: Kiàn-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ²³/

Proper noun

建寧

1. (historical) Jianning (first era name of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 168–172 CE)
2. (～郡) (historical) Jianning (a former commandery of China, from the Three Kingdoms period to the Northern and Southern dynasties)
3. (～府) (historical) Jianning, Kienning (a former prefecture of Fujian, China, under the Southern Song, Ming and Qing dynasties; modern Jian'ou)
4. (～路) (historical) Jianning (a former lu in Fujian, China, under the Yuan dynasty; modern Jian'ou)
5. (～縣) Jianning (a county of Sanming, Fujian, China)

Coordinate terms

• (Fujianese county): 濉城 (county seat)