西寧

西寧

Chinese

		west	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (西寧)		西	寧
simp. (西宁)		西	宁

Etymology

"Xining"

Coined in 1104 with the establishment of 西寧州 (“Xining prefecture”), intended to convey the meaning "peaceful western frontier". Compare 西零 (MC sei len).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ning⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xi¹ nên²
• Min Nan (POJ): Se-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siníng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-ning²
    • Yale: Syī-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shining
    • Palladius: Синин (Sinin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ ning⁴
    • Yale: sāi nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi¹ nên²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ nɛn¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: Se-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

Proper noun

西寧

1. (～市) Xining (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Qinghai, China)
2. (～省) Tây Ninh Province (a province of Vietnam)
3. (～市) Tây Ninh (a city in Vietnam)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西寧):

• → Japanese: 西寧(せいねい) (Seinei)
• → Korean: 서녕(西寧) (Seonyeong)

Others:

• → English: Xining, Sining, Hsi-ning

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	寧
せい Grade: 2	ねい Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

西(せい)寧(ねい) • (Seinei) 

1. Xining (a city in China)