英和和英

別の表記

• Hsining, Hsi-ning (Wade–Giles)
• Sining (Postal Romanization)

語源

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西寧 / 西宁 (Xīníng).

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃiːˈnɪŋ/

固有名詞

Xining

1. A city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province.
   • 1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China‎, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:

     Tibetan is found predominantly in Tibet; Tibetan-speaking communities are also found in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu. In Tibet, all official documents are issued in both Tibetan and Chinese, and also in certain regions of Sichuan and Qinghai. Moreover, the radio stations in Tibet broadcast in Tibetan and Putonghua. Similarly, the Chengdu radio station in Sichuan and the Xining radio station in Qinghai also have regular Tibetan broadcasts.

   • 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, Encyclopedia of China Today‎, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, page 29:

     Traditionally, Qinghai's Han Chinese have been concentrated around Xining and the Yellow River valley. […] The climate in this region is harsh, with temperatures at Xining, east of Qinghai, ranging from −6° to 18° C. […] Xining and the Yellow River valley are Qinghai's most important agricultural areas.

   • 1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, “Prologue”, in New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Though tourists rarely do so, it is perfectly possible to visit an area on the outskirts of Qinghai’s Xining that abounds in prisons and prison enterprises.

   • 2010 June 21, Alan Wheatley, “A China Far Removed From Glitz and Industry”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-06-25, Inside Asia‎:

     Barren, sparsely populated Qinghai ranks 22nd among China’s 31 provinces, regions and municipalities measured by income per capita, which averaged $3,343 in 2009.
     Property prices in Xining, the unprepossessing capital, are less than a fifth of those in Beijing.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xining.

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xining”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3503, column 3
• “Xining”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Xining”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Xining”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Xining” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

アナグラム

• nixing