Huang He
/ˈhwɑŋ hə/
Huang He proper noun: synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Proper noun
Huang He
- Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the...1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan, Saqi Books, →ISBN, page 20
- Synonyms:
- Yellow River
Synonyms of Huang He
Forms of Huang He
| alternative form | Huang Ho |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Hwang Ho |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hoamho |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Whanghoa |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Whang Ho |
Origin of Huang He
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河 /黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”).
Questions about Huang He
- What does Huang He mean?
- Huang He means synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- What part of speech is Huang He?
- Huang He is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Huang He?
- Huang He is pronounced /ˈhwɑŋ hə/.
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