Xiangning

Xiang·ning
X8I1A1N1G2N1I1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

    3. The masses are fully determined and full of vigor. For instance, 87 percent of Hsiangning County's labor force is engaged in farmland capital construction.

    [1974 December 13 [1974 November 23], “Shansi Province Presses Farmland Capital Construction”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 241, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 3
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    This newly discovered oil producing tree is distributed in natural secondary forests in Hsiang-ning County of the southern end of Lu-liang-shan Mountains and I-ch'eng County of the northern part of Chung-t'iao-shan Mountains in Shansi Province.

    [1978 July 21, People's Republic of China Scientific Abstracts, number 194, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 32

    The founder of the sunrame^([sic – meaning surname]) E was the Marquise of E (E hou 鄂侯) originally from the State of Chin 晉. E was later adopted as a common surname by his descendants and the family settled in Hsiang-ning hsien 鄉寧縣, Shan-hsi 山西 province.

    In Search of Your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames

    [2000, Sheau-yueh J. Chao (趙賀筱岳), “Genealogy of Chinese Surnames”, in 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏 [In Search of Your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames], Clearfield Company, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 55

    The landslide hit Xiangning county in Shanxi province early Friday evening, provincial authorities said. Two residential buildings, home to a total of 14 households, and a public bathhouse collapsed under the weight of the falling earth.

    2019 March 16, “North China landslide knocks over homes, killing 7”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin鄉寧 /乡宁
  2. EnglishXiangning

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄉寧 /乡宁.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 鄉寧 /乡宁
  • 鄉寧 /乡宁county
Chinese Mandarin 鄉寧 /乡宁
  • 鄉寧 /乡宁county

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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