Hechuan

He·chuan
H4E1C3H4U1A1N1

proper noun

A district of Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ho-ch'uan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    China Fortune Land Development Co Ltd : * Says it signs MoU with Chongqing Hechuan district government and Kunshan Bacheng government

    2017 April 7, “BRIEF-China Fortune Land Development signs MoU with local governments”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 16 May 2021
    2 more examples

    "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.

    [1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87

    On September 12, a man named Xiao Gang (pseudonym) was walking along BinjiangLu in Hechuan District, Chongqing when he was suddenly grabbed and forced into an abandoned home on the side of the road and sexually assaulted by Xiao Yong (pseudonym).

    2014 October 10, Yang Xin, “Outcry as Rapist Walks Free”, in Beijing Today, number 696, →OCLC, page 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin合川
  2. EnglishHechuan

From the Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 合川
  • 合川 (hap⁶ cyun¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 合川
  • 合川 (Héchuān)district
Cite this entry
APA

Hechuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hechuan

MLA

“Hechuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hechuan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hechuan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hechuan.

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