Hsining
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Xining. alt-of, alternative
"Meanwhile, Peiping has started meting out punishment to local-level members of the Cultural Revolution faction. The first such provincial leader is Ma Chi-wen, vice chairman of the Tsinghai Provincial Revolutionary Committee, who received a seven-year sentence at a trial attended by some 7,000 people in Hsining, the provincial capital, according to an announcement June 28."
Example
More examples"Meanwhile, Peiping has started meting out punishment to local-level members of the Cultural Revolution faction. The first such provincial leader is Ma Chi-wen, vice chairman of the Tsinghai Provincial Revolutionary Committee, who received a seven-year sentence at a trial attended by some 7,000 people in Hsining, the provincial capital, according to an announcement June 28."
Etymology
From Mandarin 西寧／西宁 (Xīníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-ning².
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