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Sui dynasty (隋朝)
The Sui dynasty (隋朝, Suí Cháo) was a short-lived Chinese dynasty, 581 to 618, that reunified north and south China in 589 and founded the Grand Canal.
Sui generis
Sui generis, Latin for "of its own kind," is a legal term for an independent classification outside existing categories; used for unique IP rights like the EU database right, Aboriginal title, and the EU's legal order.
Sui Generis (group)
Sui Generis was an Argentine folk-rock duo formed by Charly García and Nito Mestre, active from 1969 until farewell concerts at Buenos Aires' Luna Park in September 1975.
Sui granary system
The Sui granary system (隋仓储体系) was the Sui dynasty's grain-storage policy, pairing state granaries along transport routes with community charitable granaries, established under Emperor Wen in the 580s.
Sui He
Sui He (随何) was a diplomat serving the King of Han during the Chu–Han struggle, remembered for turning the King of Huainan against Xiang Ji with a twenty-man mission.
Sui household classification system
The Sui household classification system (定户等制) graded registered households into ranks for apportioning taxes and labor; proposed by Gao Jiong, it was adopted under Emperor Wen in the 580s.
Sui invasions of Goguryeo
The Sui invasions of Goguryeo were large campaigns by China's Sui dynasty against the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo in 598, 612, and 613 under Emperors Wen and Yang.
Sui iuris
Sui iuris, Latin for "of one's own right", is a legal term for a person not subject to another's authority, from Roman patria potestas law to modern canon law's autonomous Churches sui iuris.
Sui Oil and Gas Field
The Sui Oil and Gas Field is a natural gas field in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, discovered in 1952; natural gas is commonly called "Sui gas" across the country.
Sui Southern Gas Company
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited is a Pakistani gas utility, majority owned by the Government of Pakistan, that transmits and sells natural gas in Sindh and Balochistan to about 3.5 million customers.
Sui Tang Yanyi
Sui Tang Yanyi is a 100-chapter historical novel compiled by the early Qing writer Chu Renhuo in 1695, covering about 170 years of Sui and Tang history.
Sui Wenjing
Sui Wenjing (隋文静), Chinese pair skater born 1995 in Harbin; with Han Cong won 2022 Olympic gold (239.88, Olympic record), 2017 and 2019 world titles, retired, then returned for 2025/26.
Sui-Tang Luoyang City Site
隋唐洛阳城遗址 (Sui-Tang Luoyang City Site): capital founded 605 CE in Luoyang, ~47 km², used 530+ years through Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Northern Song; National Archaeological Site Park (2010) and Grand Canal World Heritage (2014).
Sui-ur Linea
Sui-ur Linea is a 700 km linear feature (linea) on Venus at 61°S, 260°E in quadrangle V-60, adopted by the IAU in 1997 and named for the Mansi wife of the war god.
Sui–Chen border campaigns before the final conquest
The Sui–Chen border campaigns (隋陈边境战争) were the Sui dynasty's military preparations against the Chen dynasty along the Yangtze from 581, ending with Chen's conquest in 589.
Suicheng
Suicheng (遂城) names several Chinese places: the 256,665-person subdistrict seat of Suining County in Xuzhou, Jiangsu; Suixi County's seat subdistrict in Guangdong (est. 2022); and the historical Hebei county called 'Iron Suicheng' for Yang Yanzhao's defense against Liao sieges.
Suicidal Angels
Suicidal Angels is a Greek thrash metal band from Athens, formed in 2001 by Nick Melissourgos, who has released eight studio albums, most recently Profane Prayer (2024).
Suicidal empathy
Suicidal empathy, coined by Gad Saad, is a polemical term for misplaced compassion driving self-destructive Western policy; popularized by Elon Musk in 2025 and Saad's 2026 book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, and criticized as rhetoric rather than science.
Suicidal ideation
Suicidal ideation, also called suicidal thoughts, is thinking about or planning suicide, from passive desire to be dead to active intent. About 15.6% of US adults experience it in their lifetime; risk scales predict suicide poorly, and CBT-based treatments reduce it.
Suicidal Idol
SUICIDAL-IDOL, also known as gore.x.shawty, is the stage name of Alupe Tolentino, a Los Angeles hyperpop/scenecore artist whose 2021 single "ecstacy" went TikTok-viral in 2023 and earned US Platinum certification.
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies: Venice, California crossover thrash band founded by Mike Muir (1981), pioneers of thrash crossover with the 1983 debut and 'Institutionalized', two US gold records, active with Muir, Weinman, Pleasants, Tye Trujillo, and Ware.
Suicide
Suicide: death caused by self-injury with intent to die; over 720,000 deaths yearly, third leading cause among ages 15–29, 73% in low- and middle-income countries; preventable through means restriction, support, and WHO LIVE LIFE interventions.
Suicide (band)
Suicide: American electronic duo formed in New York around 1970 by Alan Vega and Martin Rev; December 1977 self-titled debut on Red Star Records; godfathers of no wave and pioneers of synth punk.
Suicide (wrestling)
Suicide is a masked TNA/Impact Wrestling gimmick created by Midway Games for the 2008 TNA Impact! video game, debuted on TV in December 2008, played by several wrestlers including Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian, and revealed as TJ Perkins (Manik) in 2013.
Suicide among autistic individuals
Suicide among autistic individuals: elevated suicidal ideation (about 34%), attempts (24%), and roughly threefold higher suicide death risk versus non-autistic people, per meta-analyses and registry studies.
Suicide attack
Suicide attack (also suicide bombing, martyrdom operation): an attack in which the perpetrator intends to die while killing for a political cause. 13 times deadlier than other terrorism; first major modern attack was the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut; LTTE invented the suicide vest.
Suicide attempt
Suicide attempt: a non-fatal, self-inflicted act with any intent to end one's life, also called attempted suicide or parasuicide. Covers definitions, US 2024 estimates (2.2 million adult attempts), post-attempt suicide risk, and risk factors.
Suicide bag
Suicide bag, also called exit bag, is a plastic bag placed over the head for asphyxiation, promoted in right-to-die literature such as Final Exit (1991); US plastic-bag asphyxiation suicides rose 30.8% in the year it was published.
Suicide bridge
A suicide bridge is a bridge that gains a reputation as a frequent site for suicide by jumping, one of the most common suicide hotspot types.
Suicide by cop
Suicide by cop, also known as police-assisted suicide or officer-assisted suicide, is when a suicidal person deliberately threatens police with a weapon so officers shoot in self-defense.