Hsining
See also: Hsi-ning
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 西寧/西宁 (Xīníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-ning².
Proper noun
Hsining
- Alternative form of Xining
- 1980 July 27, L. Chen, “Test trials for grand finales?”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 29, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Meanwhile, Peiping has started meting out punishment to local-level members of the Cultural Revolution faction.
The first such provincial leader is Ma Chi-wen, vice chairman of the Tsinghai Provincial Revolutionary Committee, who received a seven-year sentence at a trial attended by some 7,000 people in Hsining, the provincial capital, according to an announcement June 28.
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Translations
Xining — see Xining
Further reading
- “Hsining, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
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