Suifenhe

See also: Suīfēnhé and Suífēnhé

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 綏芬河 / 绥芬河 (Suífēnhé).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsweɪfʌnˈhʌ/
  • enPR: swāʹfǔnʹhǔʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Sui‧fen‧he

Proper noun

Suifenhe

  1. A city in Heilongjiang, China.
    • 2020 April 13, “Britain Is Expected to Extend Coronavirus Lockdown: Live Coverage”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 April 2020, ASIA PACIFIC‎[3]:
      That flight arrived just days after China said that it would close, effective Monday, its last overland crossing at Suifenhe, a small city across the border from Russia’s Far East.
    • 2020 April 13, “China reports highest number of Covid-19 cases in weeks”, in France 24‎[4], archived from the original on 14 April 2020‎[5]:
      Suifenhe and Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang, are now mandating 28 days of quarantine for all arrivals from abroad as well as nucleic acid and antibody tests.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Suifenho”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1839, column 2: “RUS. Pogranichnaya”
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