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县

xiàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 縣

What 县 means

1. county
2. (Japan) prefecture

Example sentences

• 我住在兵库县。
  I live in Hyogo.
• 日本有多少个县?
  Rìběn yǒu duōshao gè xiàn?
  How many prefectures are there in Japan?
• 我在兵库县立大学学习。
  Wǒ zài Bīngkùxiàn lì dàxué xuéxí.
  I'm studying at the University of Hyogo.
• 我去年夏天到访的是一个位于长野县的小村落。
  Wǒ qùnián xiàtiān dàofǎng de shì yī gèwèi yú Chángyěxiàn de xiǎo cūnluò.
  The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.
• 其鄄城、东阿、范县三处，赖荀彧、程昱二人设计相连，死守城郭。
  At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.

Words starting with 县

• 县城xiàn chéngcounty seat; county town
• 县长xiàn zhǎngcounty's head commissioner
• 县委xiàn wěiCCP county committee
• 县级xiàn jícounty level
• 县政府xiàn zhèng fǔcounty administration; county regional government
• 县志xiàn zhìgeneral history of a county; county annals
• 县官xiàn guāndistrict magistrate; county magistrate
• 县令xiàn lìngcounty magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
• 县名xiàn míngname of county
• 县地xiàn dìcounty seat; county town
• 县域xiàn yùcounty
• 县府xiàn fǔcounty government
• 县界xiàn jiècounty border; county line
• 县级市xiàn jí shìcounty-level city (administrative division in China)

Words containing 县

• 知县zhī xiàncounty head magistrate (old)
• 自治县zì zhì xiànautonomous county
• 市县shì xiàntowns and counties
• 通县Tōng xiànTong county in Beijing
• 代县Dài XiànDai County or Daixian, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市
• 佳县Jiā XiànJia County or Jiaxian, a county in Yulin City 榆林市
• 冠县Guān XiànGuan County or Guanxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市
• 南县Nán XiànNan County or Nanxian, a county in Yiyang City 益阳市
• 古县Gǔ XiànGu County or Guxian, a county in Linfen City 临汾市
• 吉县Jí XiànJi County or Jixian, a county in Linfen City 临汾市
• 和县Hé XiànHe County or Hexian, a county in Ma'anshan City 马鞍山市
• 单县Shàn XiànShan County or Shanxian, a county in Heze City 菏泽市
• 坡县Pō xiàn(slang) Singapore
• 夏县Xià XiànXia County or Xiaxian, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市
• 威县Wēi XiànWei County or Weixian, a county in Xingtai City 邢台市
• 容县Róng XiànRong County or Rongxian, a county in Yulin City 玉林市
• 密县Mì xiànMi county in Henan
• 富县Fù XiànFu County or Fuxian, a county in Yan'an City 延安市
• 宁县Níng XiànNing County or Ningxian, a county in Qingyang City 庆阳市
• 巴县Bā xiànBa county in Chongqing 重庆市, Sichuan
• 康县Kāng XiànKang County or Kangxian, a county in Longnan City 陇南市
• 息县Xī XiànXi County or Xixian, a county in Xinyang City 信阳市
• 应县Yìng XiànYing County or Yingxian, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市
• 成县Chéng XiànCheng County or Chengxian, a county in Longnan City 陇南市

Characters that look like 县

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

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