西寧
Chinese edit
west | peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (西寧) | 西 | 寧 | |
simp. (西宁) | 西 | 宁 |
Etymology edit
- "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 sej len).
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Proper noun edit
西寧
- (~市) Xining (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Qinghai, China)
- (~省) Tây Ninh (a province of Vietnam)
- (~市) Tây Ninh (a city in Vietnam)
- (historical) (~縣) Xining (a former county of Guangdong, China; now Yunan, Guangdong)
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Kanji in this term | |
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西 | 寧 |
せい Grade: 2 |
ねい Grade: S |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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西 | 寧 |
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西寧