Shunhe

Shun·he
S1H4U1N1H4E1

proper noun

A Hui district in Kaifeng, Henan, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Hui district in Kaifeng, Henan, China.

    The Lishiting Catholic Church in the Shunhe district of Kaifeng reopened on June 14 with around 20 people as a priest led the required ceremony supervised by government officials, according to Bitter Winter.

    2020 July 8, Caleb Parke, “China churches ordered to praise Xi Jinping's handling of coronavirus before reopening, watchdog says”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2020
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    Shi Zhongyu, who works in the Bureau of Industry and Commerce in the Shunhe district, and factory workers Zhao Pingyu and Li Shichang, tell me that people of their great-grandparents’ generation married pretty much within the seven Surnames.

    2003, Xin Xu, “The Inner Life of Kaifeng Jewry”, in The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion, Ktav Publishing House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 98

Origin

  1. Mandarin順河 /顺河
  2. EnglishShunhe

From Mandarin 順河 /顺河.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 順河 /顺河
  • 順河 /顺河Hui district
Chinese Mandarin 順河回族區 /顺河回族区
  • 順河回族區 /顺河回族区Hui district

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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