湘
Ancient forms
2 forms- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 湘RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
Xiāng xiang1
- abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
- abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
Example sentences
- Tell me what you did in Shounan.
- Tell me what you did to Shounan.
Words with 湘
- 湘妃竹xiāngfēizhúsame as 斑竹 (bān zhú), mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜 (Shùn) concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 (É huáng) and Nüying 女英 (Nǚ yīng), known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃 (Xiāng Fēi)) upon learning of his death
- 湘语XiāngyǔXiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
- 湘江Xiāngjiāngthe Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- 湘军XiāngjūnHunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 湘菜XiāngcàiHunan cuisine
- 湘剧XiāngjùXiang opera (Hunan)
- 梁湘LiángXiāngLiang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
- 湘勇XiāngyǒngHunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 湘绣XiāngxiùHunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣 (Sū xiù), 粤绣 (Yuè xiù) and 蜀绣 (Shǔ xiù))
- 湘黔XiāngQiánHunan-Guizhou
- 潇湘Xiāoxiāngother name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 (Xiāng jiāng) in Hunan province
- 湘东区XiāngdōngQūXiangdong, a district of Pingxiang City 萍乡市 (Píng xiāng Shì), Jiangxi