Xīng níng Shìdictionary entry
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Xingning, a county-level city in Meizhou City 梅州市[Méi zhōu Shì], Guangdong
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Original source entry:

興寧市 兴宁市 [Xing1 ning2 Shi4] /Xingning, a county-level city in Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong/

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Other forms in these source records: 興寧市

  • 兴
    xīng

    to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

    xìng

    feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

    Xīng

    surname Xing

  • 宁
    zhù

    to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen

    nìng

    would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [níng]

    níng

    peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

    Níng

    abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nán jīng] / surname Ning

  • 市
    shì

    market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade / to buy and sell goods

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