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

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:

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)

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
西寧

Proper noun

西寧

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Ninh (“Tây Ninh”).
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