Sanhe

San·he
S1A1N1H4E1

proper noun

A county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, China.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

Sanhe1

proper noun

alternative San-ho · alternative Sanho

  1. A county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, China.

    The German crew, working for the broadcaster ARD, said the episode took place in Sanhe, a city in Hebei Province, roughly 30 miles east of Beijing.

    2013 February 28, Andrew Jacobs, “China: German Journalists Say They Were Assaulted for Filming”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2013, Asia Pacific
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    In the country, the counties of San-ho, Huai-jou, Pao-ti, to the north and east of Peking, are also understood to be distinctively Presbyterian ground. San-ho County alone is said to have 1,200 towns and villages, while the other counties are also very populous.

    [1904, Arthur Judson Brown, “Comity and Cooperation”, in New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening, 2nd edition, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 293

    Two counties under Langfang's jurisdiction that border Beijing - Guan and Sanhe - had already announced home quarantine measures. Guan reported one new COVID-19 case but Sanhe did not say whether any of its residents were diagnosed with the disease.

    2021 January 12, Jing Wang, Andrew Galbraith, Se Young Lee, “Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat”, in Kim Coghill, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, China

Sanhe2

proper noun

alternative San-ho · alternative Sanho

Origin

Sanhe · proper noun

  1. Mandarin三河
  2. EnglishSanhe

From Mandarin 三河 (Sānhé).

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Sanhe · proper noun

  1. Mandarin三合
  2. EnglishSanhe

From Mandarin 三合 (Sānhé).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 三河, 三合
  • 三河 (saam¹ ho⁴)a county-level city in northern China
  • 三合a town in central China; villages in central China
Chinese Mandarin 三河, 三合
  • 三河 (Sānhé)a county-level city in northern China
  • 三合 (Sānhé)a town in central China; villages in central China

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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