Meanings
alternative Hsin-hsiang · alternative Sinsiang
- A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
In Xinxiang, a city north of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital at the center of the disaster, about 100 people were stranded on the second floor of an elementary school.
2021 July 22, Keith Bradsher, Steven Lee Myers, “‘The Water Came So Fast’: Floods Leave Scores Stranded in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 20212 more examples
Despite these restrictions on the very largest cities, however, it was our impression on the trip that many intermediate cities were being allowed to grow. For example, in Hsinhsiang City in north Honan Province where we spent several days, there had been a tremendous growth in new factories in the last twenty years and a correspondingly great growth in population.
[1977, “The Imapct of Small-scale Industry on Chinese Society”, in Rural Small-scale Industry in the People's Republic of China, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 219-220The letters of reply from the party committees of Henan Province and Xinxiang Region show that they have taken a clear stand and assumed a serious posture with regard to this case.
1980, Hugh Thomas, transl., Comrade Editor: Letters to the People's Daily, Hongkong: Joint Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 195
Origin
- Mandarin新鄉 /新乡
- EnglishXinxiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新鄉 /新乡 (Xīnxiāng).
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Chinese Cantonese 新鄉 /新乡
- 新鄉 /新乡 (san¹ hoeng¹)prefecture-level city; county
Chinese Mandarin 新鄉 /新乡
- 新鄉 /新乡 (Xīnxiāng)prefecture-level city; county
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Xinxiang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinxiang
“Xinxiang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinxiang. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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