Etymology

Heihe

Hei·he
H4E1I1H4E1

Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China, on the Russian border, across the Amur river from the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. Full definition →

Mandarin 黑河
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from黑河
  2. English todayHeihe

From Mandarin 黑河 (Hēihé, literally “black river”) referring to the Amur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.