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Chihli

Syllables: Chih·li

Chihli is the alternative form of Zhili.

Meaning of Zhili

Proper noun

Zhili

  1. (historical) A former administrative region of China, later reformed into Hebei province in 1928.
    • The effort to redeem Baoding has echoes in the past. It was once the capital of Zhili Province, made up of today’s Hebei Province and Tianjin.2015 October 1, Ian Johnson, “China’s Supercity Policy Keeps Ex-Provincial Capital Waiting for Revival”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific
    Synonyms:
    Beizhili

Forms of Chihli

alternative formChih-li

Origin of Chihli

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 直隸 /直隶 (Zhílì, literally “directly subordinate to / administered by the emperor or the central government”).

Words formed from Chihli

Questions about Chihli

What is Chihli the alternative form of?
Chihli is the alternative form of Zhili.

Words near Chihli in the dictionary

  1. Chiharu
  2. Chihchiang
  3. Chiheru de Jos
  4. Chihil Minar
  5. Chihiro
  6. Chihli
  7. chihs
  8. chihuahua
  9. Chihuahua flower
  10. Chihuahua flowers
  11. Chihuahua pine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Chihli (page history and authors); Zhili (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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