Chinese Word: 湘 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

湘

Pinyin: xiāng

English Definition: abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Chinese Definition:
①(湘江)水名，源出中国广西壮族自治区，经过湖南省，注入洞庭湖。
②湖南省的别称：湘绣。湘剧。湘菜。湘语。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:相 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 相 [ xiāng ] mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other

Similar Characters: 湐淅

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湘绣	xiāng xiù	Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣 , 粤绣 and 蜀绣 )
湘菜	xiāng cài	Hunan cuisine
湘剧	xiāng jù	Xiang opera (Hunan)
潇湘	xiāo xiāng	other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 in Hunan province
临湘	lín xiāng	Linxiang county-level city in Yueyang 岳阳 , Hunan

1		gān hàn 干旱 gěi 给 tōng guò 通过 hú nán shěng 湖南省 xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河 de 的 chuán zhī 船只 dài lái 带来 yán zhòng 严重 de 的 wèn tí 问题。 Drought has caused major problems for boats that use the Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province.
2		yǒu 有 róu qíng 柔情 yí miàn 一面， yě 也 yǒu 有 yīng yǒng 英勇 de 的 yí miàn 一面， “ xiāng nǚ 湘女 ” de 的 běn zhì 本质 shì 是 rè qíng 热情。 They have gentleness and heroic couragement. Both are the characteristics of "Xiang woman" .
3		zhōng guó 中国 zhōng bù 中部 hú nán shěng 湖南省 de 的 xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河， yì xiē 一些 hé duàn 河段 zhèng 正 xùn sù 迅速 de 地 gān hé 干涸。 In Xiangjiang River in central China's Hunan Province, where several sections of the river are rapidly drying up.
4		jiāng jìn 将近 170 sōu 艘 chuán 船 tíng 停 zài 在 zhū zhōu 株洲 dì qū 地区， xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河 de 的 shàng yóu 上游 hé duàn 河段。 Almost 170 vessels have been held up at the Zhuzhou section in the river's upper reaches.
5		shěng zhèng fǔ 省政府 nán qiān 南迁 zhī 之 jǔ 举， bèi 被 yù wéi 誉为 shì 是 hú nán shěng 湖南省 gòu jiàn 构建 “ xiāng 湘 sān jiǎo 三角 ” de 的 lǐ chéng bēi 里程碑。 The southward move of provincial government was honored as the milestone of establishing "Hunan Triangle ".

1		gān hàn 干旱 gěi 给 tōng guò 通过 hú nán shěng 湖南省 xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河 de 的 chuán zhī 船只 dài lái 带来 yán zhòng 严重 de 的 wèn tí 问题。 Drought has caused major problems for boats that use the Xiangjiang River in Hunan Province.
2		yǒu 有 róu qíng 柔情 yí miàn 一面， yě 也 yǒu 有 yīng yǒng 英勇 de 的 yí miàn 一面， “ xiāng nǚ 湘女 ” de 的 běn zhì 本质 shì 是 rè qíng 热情。 They have gentleness and heroic couragement. Both are the characteristics of "Xiang woman" .
3		zhōng guó 中国 zhōng bù 中部 hú nán shěng 湖南省 de 的 xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河， yì xiē 一些 hé duàn 河段 zhèng 正 xùn sù 迅速 de 地 gān hé 干涸。 In Xiangjiang River in central China's Hunan Province, where several sections of the river are rapidly drying up.
4		jiāng jìn 将近 170 sōu 艘 chuán 船 tíng 停 zài 在 zhū zhōu 株洲 dì qū 地区， xiāng jiāng hé 湘江河 de 的 shàng yóu 上游 hé duàn 河段。 Almost 170 vessels have been held up at the Zhuzhou section in the river's upper reaches.
5		shěng zhèng fǔ 省政府 nán qiān 南迁 zhī 之 jǔ 举， bèi 被 yù wéi 誉为 shì 是 hú nán shěng 湖南省 gòu jiàn 构建 “ xiāng 湘 sān jiǎo 三角 ” de 的 lǐ chéng bēi 里程碑。 The southward move of provincial government was honored as the milestone of establishing "Hunan Triangle ".