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Huixian
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English
Huixian
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 輝縣.
Pronunciation
hwā′shyĕn′Hweihsien or Hui-hsien 819 3
en Hui xian
Proper noun
en county-level city prefecture-level city/Xinxiang province/Henan c/China.
en 2016 w:Joshua Foer; w:Dylan Thuras; Ella Morton East Asia w:Atlas Obscura https://archive.org/details/atlasobscuraexpl0000foer/ New York w:Workman Publishing 978-0-7611-6908-6 1131500753 150 https://archive.org/details/atlasobscuraexpl0000foer/page/150/ 2 From the city of Xinxiang, get a bus to Huixian, then switch to a Nanping-bound bus.
en July 22, 2021 Pei Lin Wu; Rebecca Tan Death toll in China floods climbs to at least 33 as rains spread and more cities call for help w:Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20210722173633/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/22/china-floods-henan-rains/ July 22, 2021 “The most, most crucial thing is that we don’t have food at the moment. We haven’t eaten since the morning,” said Li Xiqin, chief of the Gongji Hospital of Huixian city, where flooding has left her stranded on the hospital premises with 380 nursing home residents, 150 patients and 150 staff members.[...]On Wednesday, Xinxiang, a city of 5 million that includes Huixian, reported a two-hour rainfall rivaling the deluge in Zhengzhou, local news outlets reported.
en 8 Aug 2024 Meredith Chen Liu Qingyi: China’s breaking prodigy aiming to make more history at Paris Olympics w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240809003342/https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3270709/liu-qingyi-chinas-breaking-prodigy-aiming-make-more-history-paris-olympics https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3270709/liu-qingyi-chinas-breaking-prodigy-aiming-make-more-history-paris-olympics August 09, 2024 1563-9371 648902513 Paris Olympics 2024 Born in 2005 in Huixian City of central Henan province, Liu, whose nickname is B-Girl 671, is one of the country’s young, hungry talents, and sits in the higher echelon of the female breakdancing world.
Translations
county-level city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 輝縣
Mandarin: cmn 輝縣 Huīxiàn
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 1998 Huixian Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1330 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1330/ 2