Meanings
Hexi1
- A district of Tianjin, China.
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The husbands were among hundreds of rights lawyers, aides and activists rounded up in what is commonly referred to as the 709 crackdown, referring to the date of July 9 last year, when the sweeping campaign was launched. Liu Ermin, wife of human rights activist Zhai Yanmin, and Wang Qiaoling, Li Wenzu and Fan Lili – the wives of lawyers Li Heping, Wang Quanzhang and activist Gou Hongguo – were taken away by Tianjin Hexi district police yesterday afternoon.
2016 July 30, Mimi Lau, “Chinese police hold four wives of rights activists seized in ‘709 crackdown’”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2016, China / Politics
Hexi2
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Hexi Corridor: A geographical region of relatively arable terrain in modern western Gansu Province, China, part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the bank of the Yellow River; consisting of a string of oases, it was the most important route from North China to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia for traders and the military.
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Origin
- Mandarin河西
- EnglishHexi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河西 (Héxī).
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Chinese Cantonese 河西
- 河西 (ho⁴ sai¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 河西
- 河西 (Héxī)district
Polish Hexi
- Hexidistrict
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Cite this entry
Hexi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hexi
“Hexi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hexi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hexi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hexi.
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