Suiyuan

English

Alternative forms

• Sui-yuan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 綏遠／绥远 (Suíyuǎn).

Proper noun

Suiyuan

1. (historical) A former province of China, now part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
   • 1938, T. A. Bisson, Japan in China‎^[1], New York: The Macmillan Company, page 62:

     In the first instance, then, the Inner Mongolian princes of Chahar and Suiyuan turned a deaf ear to the blandishments of Japan’s agents. Instead they made capital of Japanese pressure by seeking political concessions at Nanking.

   • 1963, A. Doak Barnett, China on the Eve of Communist Takeover‎^[2], Frederick A. Praeger, page 28:

     The critical state of military affairs has increased the importance of Peiping as the government’s headquarters in north China. Not long ago, General Fu Tso-yi was appointed Commander of a new North China Communist Suppression Headquarters, with its center here, to direct and control all military operations in the provinces of Jehol, Chahar, Suiyuan, Hopeh, and part of Shansi.

   • 1967, Lyman P. Van Slyke, Enemies and Friends: The United Front in Chinese Communist history‎^[3], Stanford University Press, page 72:

     Chang’s requests that at least a part of his forces be sent to counter the Japanese in the threatened province of Suiyuan were adamantly refused. Even these direct orders, however, failed to put Chang and Yang in the field against the CCP during November; and on December 4, Chiang returned to Sian, to replace Chang if he could not command him to act.

   • [1980, F. Gilbert Chan, editor, China at the Crossroads: Nationalists and Communists, 1927-1949‎^[4], Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:

     Middle peasants had also suffered misclassification in the administrative village of Tsaichiaai in Hsing County of the Shansi-Suiyüan liberated area.]

Translations

former province

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綏遠／绥远 (seoi¹ jyun⁵)

  Mandarin: 綏遠／绥远 (zh) (Suíyuǎn)