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Hsien-t'ao

Hsien-t'ao is the alternative form of Xiantao.

Meaning of Xiantao

Proper noun

Xiantao

  1. A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China.
    • Wuhan grows steadily, changing its face quite a bit each year one comes. Hanyang spreads out, and Mianyang, where we halted for a meal and rest, at its county town of Xiantao, which is now becoming a modern city.1981 July, Rewi Alley, “Flood Strikes again in Hubei”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XX, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13

Origin of Hsien-t'ao

From Mandarin 仙桃 (Xiāntáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien¹-tʻao².

Questions about Hsien-t'ao

What is Hsien-t'ao the alternative form of?
Hsien-t'ao is the alternative form of Xiantao.

Words near Hsien-t'ao in the dictionary

  1. Hsieh
  2. Hsiehs
  3. hsien
  4. Hsien-feng
  5. Hsien-ning
  6. Hsien-t'ao
  7. Hsien-yang
  8. Hsienning
  9. hsiens
  10. Hsikang
  11. HSIL

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hsien-t'ao (page history and authors); Xiantao (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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