Meanings
alternative Hun-yüan
- A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.
Hunyuan at the foot of Heng Shan is a pleasant place to stay over for a while in.
1966 April, Rewi Alley, “Some Ancient Sites in Yenpei”, in Eastern Horizon, volume V, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 14 more examples
To help the people this spring, Tls. 20,000 have been set apart by the government, and 14,000 piculs of grain taken from Hunyuan and other places.
1894 [1893 April 20], “Relief Measures in Shansi”, in Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1893, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 50, column 2Death certificates were tabulated to map morality from esophageal cancer in the 181 counties and cities of the survey. The counties with the highest incidences were Yangcheng and Hopi with rates, respectively, of 135 and 140 per 100,000. By contrast, in Hunyuan County the rate was under 2 per 100,000.
1975 June 17, Walter Sullivan, “CHINA STUDY LINKS CANCER TO REGION”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023, page 66Xuankong, or Suspended Temple, is situated 5 kilometers south of the Hunyuan County seat in Shanxi Province.
2007, Shunxun Nan, Beverly Foit-Albert, China's Sacred Sites, Honesdale, PA: Himalayan Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 96Lan Chengzhang, who worked for the China Trade News, died of an apparent brain haemorrhage after over 20 thugs set upon him and his taxi driver on January 10 at a mine in Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi.
2007 January 24, “China's Hu takes up case of dead reporter”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023, World News
Origin
- Mandarin渾源 /浑源
- EnglishHunyuan
From Mandarin 渾源 /浑源 (Húnyuán).
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Chinese Cantonese 渾源 /浑源
- 渾源 /浑源 (wan⁴ jyun⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 渾源 /浑源
- 渾源 /浑源 (Húnyuán)county
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Hunyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunyuan
“Hunyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunyuan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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