Xihe

See also: xīhé and Xīhé

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羲和 (Xīhé).

Proper noun

Xihe

  1. a solar deity in Chinese mythology
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Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西河 (Xīhé).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Xihe

  1. A town in Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
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Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西和 (Xīhé).

Proper noun

Xihe

  1. 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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