Xiling

See also: xíling

English

Alternative forms

• Hsi-ling (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西陵 (Xīlíng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈlɪŋ/

Proper noun

Xiling

1. A district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
   • [1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 177:

     To begin in the Yangtze Valley between Yi-ch’ang (Hupei) and Pa-tung (Szechwan), in the Hsiling Gorge area that was the gateway to the Red basin to the west: fifty-four early sites investigated in 1960 have been grouped into five categories, ranging in date, according to the estimates of the investigators, from Neolithic to Han.]

   • 2021 July 18, Iris Ouyang, “China Continent Insurance expands animal coverage amid booming pet economy expected to reach US$73 billion by 2023”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2021, Business‎^[3]:

     A resident leaves home with her pet cat at a community in the Xiling District of Yichang City, central China's Hubei province, on March 20, 2020. As the country’s population gets older and more people choose not to have children or to live alone, pets are an increasingly popular option for companionship at home.

2. A subdistrict of Xiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.

Translations

district in central China; subdistrict in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西陵 (zh) (Xīlíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Xiling, Hsi-ling, Hsiling at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.