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Hsien-ning

Hsien-ning is the alternative form of Xianning.

Meaning of Xianning

Proper noun

Xianning

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
    • In Hupeh province, the peasants of Tungcheng (in southern Hupeh) began to revolt at the end of August and the uprising spread to Tungshan and Chungyang counties. Later, these peasants joined forces with the peasants of Puchi and Hsienning and bribed with huge amounts of money the bandits under...[1978 April, “A Series of Chaos and Uprisings”, in China's Struggle with Red Peril, World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, →OCLC, pages 96–97

Origin of Hsien-ning

From Mandarin 咸寧 /咸甯 /咸宁 (Xiánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-ning².

Questions about Hsien-ning

What is Hsien-ning the alternative form of?
Hsien-ning is the alternative form of Xianning.

Words near Hsien-ning in the dictionary

  1. Hsichu
  2. Hsieh
  3. Hsiehs
  4. hsien
  5. Hsien-feng
  6. Hsien-ning
  7. Hsien-t'ao
  8. Hsien-yang
  9. Hsienning
  10. hsiens
  11. Hsikang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hsien-ning (page history and authors); Xianning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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