Hsin-hsiang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 新鄉／新乡 (Xīnxiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-hsiang¹.

Proper noun

Hsin-hsiang

1. Alternative form of Xinxiang
   • 1977, Rural Small-scale Industry in the People's Republic of China‎^[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 285:

     On the other hand, the discovery that Hsin-hsiang City, with one of the largest concentrations of machinery plants, already had 70,000 industrial workers in 1965 (and 100,000 in 1974), suggests that a considerable portion of the presently visible development may be 10-15 years old.

   • 1977, Munroe Scott, McClure‎^[2], published 1979, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 146:

     At the Hsin-hsiang junction, Amy and her father and the small Hwaiking group were fortunate to be able to board a train headed for Peking.

   • 1980, Kwang-chih Chang, Shang Civilization‎^[3], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 131:

     In Hsin-hsiang, further to the south, a pottery kiln and three burials were excavated at Lu-wang-fen in 1958, yielding remains of both early and late phases.

Translations

Xinxiang — see Xinxiang

Further reading

• “Hsin-hsiang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Hsin-hsiang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.