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湘

Xiāng

Character

What 湘 means

1. abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
2. abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Example sentences

• 告诉我你在湘南做了什么。
  Gàosu wǒ nǐ zài Xiāngnán zuò le shénme.
  Tell me what you did in Shounan.
• 告诉我你对湘南做了什么。
  Gàosu wǒ nǐ duì Xiāngnán zuò le shénme.
  Tell me what you did to Shounan.
• 告诉我你在湘南做了什幺。
  Tell me what you did in Shounan.
• 告诉我你对湘南做了什幺。
  Tell me what you did to Shounan.

Words starting with 湘

• 湘江Xiāng jiāngthe Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
• 湘剧Xiāng jùXiang opera (Hunan)
• 湘勇Xiāng yǒngHunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom…
• 湘绣Xiāng xiùHunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 湘菜Xiāng càiHunan cuisine
• 湘语Xiāng yǔXiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
• 湘军Xiāng jūnHunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom…
• 湘东区Xiāng dōng QūXiangdong, a district of Pingxiang City 萍乡市
• 湘桥区Xiāng qiáo QūXiangqiao, a district of Chaozhou City 潮州市
• 湘乡市Xiāng xiāng ShìXiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 湘阴县Xiāng yīn XiànXiangyin, a county in Yueyang City 岳阳市
• 湘桂运河Xiāng Guì Yùn héHunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 灵渠
• 湘潭市Xiāng tán ShìXiangtan, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 湘潭县Xiāng tán XiànXiangtan, a county in Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 湘黔Xiāng QiánHunan-Guizhou
• 湘西土家族苗族自治州Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōuXiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 湘西Xiāng xīsee 湘西土家族苗族自治州
• 湘潭Xiāng tánsee 湘潭市; see 湘潭县
• 湘东Xiāng dōngsee 湘东区
• 湘桥Xiāng qiáosee 湘桥区
• 湘乡Xiāng xiāngsee 湘乡市
• 湘阴Xiāng yīnsee 湘阴县
• 湘妃竹xiāng fēi zhúsame as 斑竹
• 湘西州Xiāng xī Zhōusee 湘西土家族苗族自治州

Words containing 湘

• 潇湘Xiāo xiāngother name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江
• 梁湘Liáng XiāngLiang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
• 临湘市Lín xiāng ShìLinxiang, a county-level city in Yueyang City 岳阳市
• 蒸湘区Zhēng xiāng QūZhengxiang, a district of Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huīthe cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui…
• 临湘Lín xiāngsee 临湘市
• 蒸湘Zhēng xiāngsee 蒸湘区

Characters built on 相

These share the phonetic component 相 (xiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest
• 厢xiāngbox (in theater); side room; side
• 葙xiāngsee 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
• 缃xiānglight yellow color

Characters that look like 湘

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

• 湖húlake
• 溅jiànto splash
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 渤bóused in 渤海
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 涮shuànto rinse; to swish (in water); to trick; to fool sb…

Sounds the same

Read Xiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 相each other; one another; mutually
• 箱box; trunk; chest
• 香fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 乡country or countryside; native place; home village or town
• 厢box (in theater); side room; side
• 镶to inlay; to embed; ridge
• 襄(literary) to assist
• 缃light yellow color
• 芗aromatic herb used for seasoning; variant of 香
• 骧(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
• 忀to stroll; to ramble
• 欀inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction…