Sienfeng

English

Map including HSIEN-FENG (SIENFENG) 咸豐 (AMS, 1953)

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng).

Proper noun

Sienfeng

1. (historical or obsolete) Alternative form of Xianfeng
   • 1934, The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 68, →OCLC, page 367:

     General Ho Chien, Chairman of Hunan, reports that 3,000 "Reds" under Ho Lung have escaped to Lichuan, south-western Hupeh, from Sienfeng after being defeated by the Brigade under Major-General Ku Chia-chi and the Hupeh troops at Wolung-ping along the Hunan-Hupeh border.

   • 1943, China At War‎^[2], China Information Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 27:

     In Hupeh, General Chen Cheng, governor, is enthusiastic in realizing Dr . Sun's land reform program and has ordered the Enshih and Sienfeng county governments to make experiments on helping tenant farmers to be...