Hsien-ning

English

Map including HSIEN-NING (SIENNING) (AMS, 1961)

Etymology

From Mandarin 咸寧／咸甯／咸宁 (Xiánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-ning².

Proper noun

Hsien-ning

1. Alternative form of Xianning
   • 1943, Kuo Mo-jo, Josiah W. Bennett, trans., “A Poet with the Northern Expedition”, in Far Eastern Quarterly‎^[1], volume 3, number 1, Columbia University Press, page 26:

     According to them, the battle of Tʻing-ssu-chʻiao²⁹ had been concluded last night and fighting was now probably breaking out in the region of Hsien-ning 咸甯.

   • 1962, T'ung-tsu Ch'ü, Local Government in China under the Ch'ing‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:

     Tea certificates were issued by the magistrates of the following localities: Ch'ien-shan and sixteen other hsien in Anhui; Shan-hua and sixteen other hsien in Hunan. In Hupeh, certificates were issued by the magistrate of Chien-shih to tea merchants. In Hsien-ning and six other chou and hsien, tea planters also received certificates to sell tea (Hu-pu tse-li, 32:4-5).

   • 1993, Jennie Ch'en Chieh-ju, edited by Lloyd E. Eastman, Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Past‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 209:

     Wu P'ei-fu was personally supervising this important battle. He and his generals were directing operations from Hsien-ning, only a few miles north of the battlefield.

   • 2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei‎^[4], Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:

     My third sister was sent to Hsien-ning in Hupei. She was busy carrying manure and planting crops.

Translations

Xianning — see Xianning