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Hengshui

Syllables: Heng·shui

Hengshui proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Proper noun

Hengshui

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
    • The dust-storms have been not merely unintermittent, but of a frightful character, even for North China. Within the past two or three weeks they have taken the form of violent winds, each of which at sea would almost make a young typhoon. In the Hengshui district we hear that the roof of a...1891 May 29, “Western Shantung”, in North-China Herald, volume XLVI, number 1243, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 662, column 2
    • The New China agency reported that numerous building and houses collapsed but that the number of casualties was less than on 8 March, when people had been caught in their sleep. The worst damage was done at Hsing-t’ai, Heng-shui and Shih-chia-chuang [1]; numerous aftershocks (Nos. 186-90) were felt...[1970, Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966, Belgium: Unesco, →OCLC, page 26

Examples of Hengshui in a sentence

  • In the Hengshui district we hear that the roof of a theatrical pavilion was blown for miles, and that two children were blown away, one killed, and the other never heard of.1891 May 29, “Western Shantung”, in North-China Herald, volume XLVI, number 1243, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 662, column 2:
  • The Voice of China radio said the accident, the latest in a series of deadly industrial incidents, occurred around 8 a.m. in the Hebei province city of Hengshui.2019 April 25, “11 die as elevator cable snaps at work site in north China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 May 2024:

Forms of Hengshui

alternative formHeng-shui

Origin of Hengshui

From Mandarin 衡水 (Héngshuǐ).

Questions about Hengshui

What does Hengshui mean?
Hengshui means a prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
How do you use Hengshui in a sentence?
In the Hengshui district we hear that the roof of a theatrical pavilion was blown for miles, and that two children were blown away, one killed, and the other never heard of.
What part of speech is Hengshui?
Hengshui is a proper noun.

Words near Hengshui in the dictionary

  1. Hengoed
  2. Hengqin
  3. Hengrove
  4. hengs
  5. Hengshan
  6. Hengshui
  7. Hengst
  8. Hengsts
  9. Hengyang
  10. Hengzhou
  11. Henham

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