Suide

See also: suide

English

Alternative forms

• Sui-te (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 綏德／绥德 (Suídé).

Proper noun

Suide

1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1977 June 22 [1977 June 21], “Shantung First Secretary Presides Over Memorial Service”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], volume I, number 120, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 9‎^[2]:

     Comrade Huo Wei-te, vice chairman of the Shantung provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died of illness on 14 June 1977 in Tsinan at the age of 76 despite medical treatment. Comrade Huo Wei-te was from a poor peasant family of (Leichiakuang) village of the (Chunghsiao) commune in Suite County, Shensi Province.]

   • [1988, Robin D. S. Yates, “The Life and Times of Wei Chuang”, in Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910)‎^[3], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 29:

     During this debacle, Wei was probably out of harm’s way to the north of the city in Sui-chou, the modern Sui-te county, Shensi ("Composed in Sui-chou”).]

   • 2016 November 11, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Chinese Women Rarely Take Husbands’ Names, but Don’t Credit Feminism”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-11-11, ASIA PACIFIC‎^[5]:

     “My family is from Suide in Shaanxi Province. I was born in 1989,” wrote a user who identified as Yu Jian, or “Meet,” on the matchmaking website www.ru-zhui.com.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綏德／绥德 (zh) (Suídé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can