Su-ch'ien

English

Map including Su-ch'ien (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 宿遷 / 宿迁 (Sùqiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.

Proper noun

Su-ch'ien

1. Alternative form of Suqian
   • 1881 [1880 May 16], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1880‎^[1], Shanghai, →OCLC, page 91:

     The portion of the Canal known as the Su Yün-ho, which they have to pass, contains numerous shoals, which it has hitherto been the custom to dredge as occasion demands. Above the Su-ch’ien section there are six sluices which are opened or shut as circumstances dictate.

   • 1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry‎^[2], Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96:

     In the Yeh clan genealogy, Yeh Tao-yüan of Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, is recorded as a provincial graduate of 1870.

   • 1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950‎^[3], Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 495:

     Even larger landholdings are attributed to a monastery in Su-ch'ien hsien, northern Kiangsu.

Translations

Suqian — see Suqian

Anagrams

• echinus