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 sej len).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

西寧

  1. (～市) Xining (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Qinghai, China)
  2. (～省) Tây Ninh (a province of Vietnam)
  3. (～市) Tây Ninh (a city in Vietnam)
  4. (historical) (～縣) Xining (a former county of Guangdong, China; now Yunan, Guangdong)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西寧):
  • → Japanese: 西寧(せいねい) (Seinei)
  • → Korean: 서녕(西寧) (Seonyeong)

Others:

See also

  • (province):
Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Chinese (layout · text)
Municipalities — 中央直轄市 / 中央直辖市: 芹苴 (Qínjū) · 峴港 / 岘港 (Xiàngǎng) · 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi) · 海防 (hǎifáng) · 順化 / 顺化 (Shùnhuà) · 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
Provinces — 省: 安江 (Ānjiāng) · 北寧 / 北宁 (Běiníng) · 金甌 / 金瓯 (jīn'ōu) · 高平 (gāopíng) · 多樂 / 多乐 (Duōlè) · 奠邊 / 奠边 (Diànbiān) · 同奈 (Tóngnài) · 同塔 (Tóngtǎ) · 嘉萊 / 嘉莱 (Jiālái) · 河靜 / 河静 (Héjìng) · 興安 / 兴安 (Xīng'ān) · 慶和 / 庆和 (Qìnghé) · 萊州 / 莱州 (Láizhōu) · 諒山 / 谅山 (Liàngshān) · 老街 (lǎojiē) · 林同 (Líntóng) · 乂安 (yì'ān) · 寧平 / 宁平 (Níngpíng) · 富壽 / 富寿 (Fùshòu) · 廣義 / 广义 (guǎngyì) · 廣寧 / 广宁 (Guǎngníng) · 廣治 / 广治 (Guǎngzhì) · 山羅 / 山罗 (Shānluó) · 西寧 / 西宁 (Xīníng) · 太原 (Tàiyuán) · 清化 (qīnghuà) · 宣光 (Xuānguāng) · 永隆 (Yǒnglóng)

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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西寧

Proper noun

西寧

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Ninh (“Tây Ninh”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.