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Su-ch'ien
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English
thumb|Map including Su-ch'ien (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From en cmn 宿遷, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.
Proper noun
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en Suqian.
en 1881 May 16, 1880 Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1880 https://archive.org/details/peking-gazette-1880/ Shanghai 977540138 91 https://archive.org/details/peking-gazette-1880/page/91/ The portion of the Canal known as the Su Yün-ho, which they have to pass, contains numerous shoals, which it has hitherto been the custom to dredge as occasion demands. Above the Su-ch’ien section there are six sluices which are opened or shut as circumstances dictate.
en 1962 Chung-li Chang The Income of the Chinese Gentry https://archive.org/details/incomeofchineseg0000chan/ Seattle w:University of Washington Press 61-11577 912962942 96 https://archive.org/details/incomeofchineseg0000chan/page/96/ In the Yeh clan genealogy, Yeh Tao-yüan of Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, is recorded as a provincial graduate of 1870.
en 1967 Holmes Welch The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950 https://archive.org/details/practiceofchines00welc/ Cambridge, Mass. w:Harvard University Press 0-674-69701-4 67-13256 954340677 495 https://archive.org/details/practiceofchines00welc/page/495/ Even larger landholdings are attributed to a monastery in Su-ch'ien hsien, northern Kiangsu.
Translations
Suqian
Anagrams
en cehinsu echinus