建寧

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	peace; tranquility
trad. (建寧)		建	寧
simp. (建宁)		建	宁

Selected by Emperor Ling.

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Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiànníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiànníng
  - Wade–Giles: Chien⁴-ning²
  - Yale: Jyàn-níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannning
  - Palladius: Цзяньнин (Czjanʹnin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ ning⁴
  - Yale: gin nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ nɪŋ²¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Gṳ̿ing-nǎing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ³³ naiŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiàn-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: Kiàn-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernleeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ²³/

建寧

(historical) Jianning (first era name of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han: 168–172 CE)
(～郡) (historical) Jianning (a former commandery of China, from the Three Kingdoms period to the Northern and Southern dynasties)
(～府) (historical) Jianning, Kienning (a former prefecture of Fujian, China, under the Southern Song, Ming and Qing dynasties; modern Jian'ou)
(～路) (historical) Jianning (a former lu in Fujian, China, under the Yuan dynasty; modern Jian'ou)
(～縣) Jianning (a county of Sanming, Fujian, China)