Huai'an

Huai·an
/ˈhwaɪˌɑn//-æn/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu, in eastern China.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hwaian · alternative Huai-an

  1. A prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu, in eastern China.

    In 486 B.C., King Fu Chai of Wu, in an attempt to seek supremacy in the north, constructed the Han Canal from Jiangdu to Huai'an, both in modern Jiangsu Province, so that the Huaihe River was linked with the Changjiang River.

    An Outline History of China

    1982, Bai Shouyi (白寿彝), editor, 中国通史纲要 [An Outline History of China] (China Knowledge Series), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, page 103
    2 more examples

    Three have died in the last month, said the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, a Hong Kong-based watchdog group. They include Zhang Zhenggang, 36, a bank clerk from Huaian in Jiangsu Province, who the center said was beaten with wooden clubs on March 25 and lapsed into a coma.

    [2000 April 21, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “China Admits Banned Sect Is Continuing Its Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022, International

    The new cases in Wuhan, along with infections in the nearby cities of Jingzhou and Huanggang since Saturday, were linked to cases in the city of Huaian in Jiangsu province, said Li Yang, vice director of the Hubei province disease control centre.

    [2021 August 2, Ryan Woo, “China's Wuhan to test all 12 million residents as Delta variant spreads”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2021, China

Origin

  1. Mandarin淮安
  2. EnglishHuai'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淮安 (Huái'ān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 淮安
  • 淮安 (waai⁴ on¹)a prefecture-level city in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 淮安
  • 淮安 (Huái'ān)a prefecture-level city in eastern China
Hungarian Huajan
  • Huajana prefecture-level city in eastern China
Japanese 淮安
  • 淮安 (Waian)a prefecture-level city in eastern China
Korean 화이안
  • 화이안 (Hwaian)a prefecture-level city in eastern China
Russian Хуайа́нь
  • Хуайа́нь (Xuajánʹ)a prefecture-level city in eastern China
Vietnamese Hoài An
  • Hoài Ana prefecture-level city in eastern China
Cite this entry
APA

Huai'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huai'an

MLA

“Huai'an.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huai'an. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huai'an,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huai'an.

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