Meanings
- A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
In the spring of 1938 the Japanese imperialists invaded Yü-tz'u and T'ai-ku in Shansi. Everyone was in panic as the flames of war came closer and closer to Hsiang-yüan hsien.
[1976, Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang, White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1682 more examples
They labored on the railroad embankment, section by section, from West Changchih Station all the way north to Wuyang, the village in Hsiangyuan County that in 1971 served as the northern terminus of the line.
[1983, William Hinton, “Two Dams and a Railroad”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226More than 100 pastors, co-workers and representatives of believers of the Christian Church in Quwo County gathered to bid farewell to the female believer Liu Chang’e who was born on April 17, 1926 in Shizidao Village, Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province and was called to heaven at 9:35 a.m. on June 9, 2022, at the age of 97.
2022 June 22, Zhang Xiaohua, “Believers Bid Farewell to 97-Y-O Christian Who Was Spiritual Mother of Many”, in China Christian Daily, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2022
Origin
- Mandarin襄垣
- EnglishXiangyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 襄垣 (Xiāngyuán).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 襄垣
- 襄垣 (soeng¹ wun⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 襄垣
- 襄垣 (Xiāngyuán)county
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Xiangyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xiangyuan
“Xiangyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xiangyuan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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