宿迁市

宿遷市
Sùqiān Shì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Suqian (prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu)

Examples

HSK 5
Sùqiān Shì shì Xiàng Yǔ de gùxiāng.
Suqian is the hometown of Xiang Yu.
HSK 7-9
Jīngdōng zǒngbù yuánlái zài Sùqiān Shì.
JD.com's headquarters used to be in Suqian.

Tips

culture
宿迁 is the hometown of 项羽 (Xiang Yu, 232-202 BCE), the Western Chu hegemon who briefly overthrew Qin before losing the Chu-Han contention to Liu Bang. It's also the hometown of JD.com founder 刘强东, which is why the city hosted JD's customer-service and logistics centers and benefited massively from e-commerce-era investment. Famous liquor: 洋河大曲, one of the 中国八大名酒.
mistakes
宿 here is pronounced sù (overnight/dwell), not xiǔ (night as a measure word) or xiù (as in 星宿 'constellation'). Chinese place names preserve older readings. 宿迁 'move (one's) dwelling' reflects its founding legend.

Stroke Order

宿 sù
迁 qiān
市 shì