suining
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Example Sentences
- "These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land."
- "Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government."
- "On Friday, another writer, Chen Wei, was sentenced by a court in Suining, Sichuan Province, to nine years in prison on the same charge."
- "These programs have thus been revised or revoked at times, depending on public reception. For instance, Suining County in Jiangsu Province was one of the first local governments to roll out a grading system for its residents, giving them an A through D mark. It sparked heated debates."
Etymology
From Mandarin 遂寧 /遂宁 (Suìníng).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 遂寧, 睢寧