Xihe

See also: xīhé and Xīhé

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羲和 (Xīhé).

Proper noun

Xihe

1. a solar deity in Chinese mythology

Translations

deity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羲和 (zh) (Xīhé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西河 (Xīhé).

Alternative forms

• Siho (Postal Romanization)
• Hsi-ho (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Xihe

1. A town in Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China.

Translations

town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西河 (Xīhé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西和 (Xīhé).

Proper noun

Xihe

1. A county of Longnan, Gansu, China.
   • [1976, Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], numbers 128-148, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:

     BRIEFS NORTHWEST REGION KANSU COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS WORK -- Some 80 staffers and workers of the Hsiho County Posts and Telecommunications Bureau have readjusted the postroads in the county three times.]

   • 2006, Ronald Egan, “Art Collecting and Its Discontents in the Lives of Su Shi, Wang Shen, and Mi Fu”, in The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)‎^[2], number 271, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 222:

     Conflicting or multiple locations are given for Qiu Pool. Probably the one Du Fu was thinking of was atop Qiu Pool Mountain 仇池山 in modern Xihe County 西和縣, Gansu.

   • 2011 May 13, Li Zhixin, “Ministry-UNICEF quake qork an impressive success”, in Beijing Today [今日北京], number 518, →ISSN, →OCLC, News, page 2, column 5:

     In the second grade classroom of Shili Zhongxin Primary School, Xihe County, Gansu Province, 8-year-old Ren Xiang always comes early for morning reading. […]
     The Wenchuan quake of 2008 damaged or destroyed 334 schools and kindergartens in Xihe County.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西和 (zh) (Xīhé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xihe”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3502, column 2

Further reading

• Xihe, Hsi-ho, Hsiho at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.