Etymology

Huang He

Today it means: Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Full definition →

Mandarin 黃河 /黄河
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  1. Mandarin · derived from黃河 /黄河
  2. English todayHuang He

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河 /黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”).

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