緬寧

Chinese

		Burma; distant	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (緬寧)		緬	寧
simp. (缅宁)		缅	宁

Etymology

Coined in 1747 with the establishment of 緬寧廳, which was converted from 孟緬長官司, established in 1430. The 緬／缅 (miǎn) in 緬寧 was likely taken from 孟緬／孟缅 (alternatively written as 猛緬／猛缅), which is a transcription of the name of the place in a Tai language (compare Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥦᥢᥰ (möeng mäen)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Miǎnníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Miǎnníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Miǎnníng
    • Wade–Giles: Mien³-ning²
    • Yale: Myǎn-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meanning
    • Palladius: Мяньнин (Mjanʹnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ niŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

緬寧

1. (historical) (～縣) Mianning (a former county of Yunnan, China which covered present-day Linxiang district, Lincang, Yunnan; renamed Lincang in 1954)

Synonyms

• (modern) 臨滄／临沧 (Líncāng)