Shanhsi
Shanhsi is the alternative form of Shanxi.
Shanhsi is the alternative form of Shaanxi.
Meaning of Shanxi
Proper noun
Shanxi
- A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
- Shi-whang-ti having obſerv’d in viſiting his Empire that the Northern Provinces, eſpecially Pe-che-li, Shan-ſi, and Shen-ſi, were much expoſed to the ſudden Incurſions of the Tartars ; he fent a formidable Army, which having driven them back a great way beyond the Frontiers of the Empire, he...[1738, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 172
Meaning of Shaanxi
Proper noun
Shaanxi
- A province of China, including the Wei River valley and the fertile southern half of the Ordos Loop, comprising much of the Loess Plateau. Capital: Xi'an.
- The fact, therefore, that the Tae pings, when they raised the siege of Hwae king on the 1st September marched westwards by it into Shan se, shows that the Imperial forces were strong enough to prevent their descent by the Wei river.[1856, Thomas Taylor Meadows, The Chinese and their Rebellions, London: Smith, Elder & Co., →OCLC, page 176
Origin of Shanhsi
From Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan¹-hsi¹.
From Mandarin 陝西 /陕西 (Shǎnxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan³-hsi¹.
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