Shiyan

See also: shíyàn, shìyán, shìyǎn, and shíyán

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 十堰 (Shíyàn).

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Shiyan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
    • 1979 March, Alley, Rewi, “Yunyang and Xiangyang Prefectures in Northwestern Hubei in 1978”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume XVIII, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 14:
      The big influx of workers into the Shiyan municipality where the administration of the prefecture lies, makes for dominance of the common language, for there are workers from Shanghai, Jiangsu(Kiangsu), and many other places come together.

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