Wei River
/ˈweɪ ˌɹɪvə(ɹ)/
Wei River proper noun: a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and the largest tributary of the Yellow River.
Proper noun
Wei River
- A major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and the largest tributary of the Yellow River.
- 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
- Leaving Kuanyint'ang there is a drop into a ravine and then a stiff climb of a few hundred feet to reach the pass over a range of mountains, the watershed between the Lo and Yellow rivers. This ridge is really the end of one of the principal ranges of the Ch'inling Shan, the one which runs east and...1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 3
Origin of Wei River
Partial calque from Mandarin 渭河 (Wèihé, literally “Wei river”)
Questions about Wei River
- What does Wei River mean?
- Wei River means a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and the largest tributary of the Yellow River.
- What part of speech is Wei River?
- Wei River is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Wei River?
- Wei River is pronounced /ˈweɪ ˌɹɪvə(ɹ)/.
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