Xihe
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羲和 (Xīhé).
Translations
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西河 (Xīhé).
Alternative forms
- Siho (Postal Romanization)
- Hsi-ho (Wade–Giles)
Translations
town in central China
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Etymology 3
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西和 (Xīhé).
Proper noun
Xihe
- A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.
- [1976, Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 128-148, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
- BRIEFS NORTHWEST REGION KANSU COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS WORK -- Some 80 staffers and workers of the Hsiho County Posts and Telecommunications Bureau have readjusted the postroads in the county three times.]
- 2006, Ronald Egan, “Art Collecting and Its Discontents in the Lives of Su Shi, Wang Shen, and Mi Fu”, in The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China (Harvard East Asian Monographs), number 271, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 222:
- Conflicting or multiple locations are given for Qiu Pool. Probably the one Du Fu was thinking of was atop Qiu Pool Mountain 仇池山 in modern Xihe County 西和縣, Gansu.
- 2011 May 13, Zhixin Li, “Ministry-UNICEF quake qork an impressive success”, in Beijing Today, number 518, →ISSN, →OCLC, News, page 2, column 5:
- In the second grade classroom of Shili Zhongxin Primary School, Xihe County, Gansu Province, 8-year-old Ren Xiang always comes early for morning reading. […]
The Wenchuan quake of 2008 damaged or destroyed 334 schools and kindergartens in Xihe County.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xihe”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3502, column 2
Further reading
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