Suining
See also: Suíníng
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Mandarin 遂寧／遂宁 (Suìníng).
Proper noun
[edit]Suining
- A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
- 1917 June 28, “POCONO NOTES”, in The Friend[1], volume 90, number 53, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 630:
- These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land.
- 2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 19 August 2022, World News[3]:
- Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.
- 2011 December 26, Edward Wong, “China Jails Writer for Subversion”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, ASIA PACIFIC[5]:
- On Friday, another writer, Chen Wei, was sentenced by a court in Suining, Sichuan Province, to nine years in prison on the same charge.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Suining
- A county of Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- 2018 November 29, Bing Song, “The West may be wrong about China’s social credit system”, in The Washington Post[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2022:
- These programs have thus been revised or revoked at times, depending on public reception. For instance, Suining County in Jiangsu Province was one of the first local governments to roll out a grading system for its residents, giving them an A through D mark. It sparked heated debates.