HSING SHÊNG

Meaning of HSING SHÊNG in English

/shing" shung"/

the process by which many Chinese characters were formed through the combination of two symbols, one phonographic and one logographic, into a single character.

[ hsing 2 shêng 1 , (pinyin) xíngsheng shape and sound (of voice) ]

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SHENG — noun also shing or cheng ˈs(h)]eŋ, ˈch], ]iŋ\ ( plural sheng or shengs ) Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) sheng 1 : …
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SHENG — Pinyin Sheng, a Chinese aerophone (musical wind instrument) consisting usually of 17 bamboo pipes set in a small wind-chest into …
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SHENG — / ʃeŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] (in Kenya) a simple form of language that includes words from English, …
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SHENG
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SHENG — (Chinese; " sage " or " saint ") In Chinese belief, a mortal who attains extraordinary or supernatural powers by …
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YI-HSING YAO — noun see yi-hsing ware
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YI-HSING — noun see yi-hsing ware
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YI-HSING WARE — ˈyēˈshiŋ- noun also yi-hsing ˈ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ; or yi-hsing yao ˈyēˈshiŋˈyau̇ Usage: usually capitalized 1st Y Etymology: Yi-hsing from Yi-hsing …
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HSING-SHU — Pinyin Xingshu (Chinese: running script), a semicursive Chinese script that developed out of the Han-dynasty li-shu script at the same …
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WU-HSING — also called Hu-chou, Pinyin Wuxing, or Huzhou, city in northern Chekiang sheng (province), China. Wu-hsing is situated close to the …
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WU HSING — Pinyin Wu Xing (Chinese: Five Elements), in ancient Chinese cosmogony, the five basic components of the physical universe: earth, wood, …
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TAO SHENG
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TAIWAN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ai-wan, or (Pinyin) Taiwan, Portuguese Formosa, island situated 100 miles (160 km) off the southeast coast of the …
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SHOU HSING — Pinyin Shou Xing, in Chinese mythology, one of three stellar gods known collectively as Fu-Shou-Lu. He was also called Nan-chi …
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SHENG-LI OIL FIELD — Pinyin Shengli, oil field in Shantung Province (sheng), China, one of the country's major sources of oil. Consisting of about …
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SHENG HSAN-HUAI — born Nov. 4, 1844, Wuchin, Ch'angchou, now in Kiangsu Province, China died April 27, 1916, Shanghai Pinyin Sheng Xuanhuai Chinese …
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SHAO-HSING — Pinyin Shaoxing, city in northeastern Chekiang sheng (province), China. Shao-hsing is situated in the centre of the eastern half of …
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LU HSING — Pinyin Lu Xing, in Chinese mythology, one of three stellar gods known collectively as Fu-Shou-Lu. He was honoured as a …
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K'UEI HSING — Pinyin Kui Xing, in Chinese mythology, a brilliant but ugly dwarf who as the god of examinations became the deity …
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HUANG HSING
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HSING-T'AI — Pinyin Xingtai city in southwestern Hopeh sheng (province), China. It is situated in a fertile plain at the foot of …
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CHIA-HSING — Pinyin Jiaxing, city, northern Chekiang sheng (province), eastern China. Chia-hsing is a communications centre in the southern Yangtze River delta, …
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SANG — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English past of sing II. ˈsaŋ Scotland variant of song III. noun ( -s …
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ANSU — ˈänˌsü, -zü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese anzu, probably from Chinese hsing 4 tzu 3 apricot, from hsing 4 …
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STONEWARE — pottery that has been fired at a high temperature (about 1,200 C ) until vitrified (that is, glasslike and impervious …
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GINSENG — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Jen Sheng, or (Pinyin) Ren Sheng (root of heaven), either of two herbs of the family Araliaceae, Panax …
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CANTON — political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries. In France the canton, a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a …
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YUNNAN
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ENVIRONMENT — Gardening The wet weather that plagued much of northwestern Europe during the fall and winter of 1998 continued through the …
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YE SHENGTAO — born Oct. 28, 1894, Su-chou, Kiangsu province, China died Feb. 16, 1988, Peking Wade-Giles romanization Yeh Sheng-t'ao, pseudonym of Ye …
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WU-TI — born 156 BC died March 29, 87/86 BC Pinyin Wudi, original name Liu Ch'e autocratic Chinese emperor (141/14087/86 BC), who …
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WU-HU — Pinyin Wuhu city and river port in southeast Anhwei sheng (province), China. Wu-hu has long been a communication and strategic …
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WEN-TI — born 541, China died 604, China Pinyin Wendi(posthumous name, or shih), temple name (miao-hao) (sui) Kao Tsu, personal name (hsing-ming) …
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TSINGHAI
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TSAO-CHUANG — Pinyin Zaozhuang, city, southern Shantung sheng (province), China. The city includes an extensive area on the western flank of the …
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TIENTSIN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien-ching, or (Pinyin) Tianjin, city and province-level shih (municipality), eastern China. Tientsin is the third largest city of …
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TIAN HAN — born March 12, 1898, Ch'ang-sha, Hunan province, China died Dec. 10, 1968, Peking Wade-Giles T'ien Han, pseudonym of Tian Shouchang …
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TA-LI — formerly Hsia-kuan, Pinyin Dali, or Xiaguan, city in western Yunnan sheng (province), China. It is situated at the southern end …
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T'AI-TSUNG — born 600, China died 649, China Pinyin Taizong (temple name, or miao-hao), personal name (hsing-ming) Li Shih-min Chinese ruler, the …
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T'AI-HANG MOUNTAINS — Wade-Giles romanization T'ai-hang Shan, Pinyin Taihang Shan, range stretching some 250 miles (400 km) from north to south and forming …
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SZECHWAN
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SHENSI
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SHANTUNG
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SHANSI — WadeGiles romanization Shan-hsi, Pinyin Shanxi sheng (province) of northern China, bounded by the provinces of Hopeh to the east, Honan …
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PIEN-TSUNG-LUN — Pinyin Bianzonglun (Chinese: Discussions of Essentials), treatise by Hsieh Ling-yun, an early Chinese Buddhist intellectual, valued chiefly as one of …
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NING-PO — also called Yin-hsien, Pinyin Ningbo, or Yinxian, city in the coastal plain of northeastern Chekiang sheng (province), China. Ning-po (Calm …
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NIEN REBELLION — (c. 185268), major revolt in the North China provinces of Shantung, Honan, Kiangsu, and Anhwei; it occurred when the Ch'ing …
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NANKING — WadeGiles romanization Nan-ching, Pinyin Nanjing city, capital of Kiangsu sheng (province), east-central China. Nanking, whose name means southern capital, is …
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LIAONING — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Liao-ning, (Pinyin) Liaoning, sheng (province) of the Northeast region of China (formerly called Manchuria). With an area of …
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LESSER KHINGAN RANGE — WadeGiles romanization Hsiao Hsing-an Ling, Pinyin Xiao Hinggan Ling, mountain range in the northeastern section of Heilungkiang sheng (province), China. …
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KAO-TSUNG
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KAO-TSU — born 256 BC, China died 195 BC, China Pinyin Gao Zu (temple name, or miao-hao), personal name (hsing-ming) Liu Pang, …
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HONG KONG — Chinese (Pinyin) Xianggang, or (Wade-Giles) Hsiang-Kang special administrative region (Wade-Giles: t'e-pieh hsing-cheng-ch'; Pinyin: tebie xingzhengqu) of China located to the …
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HEILUNGKIANG — Wade-Giles romanization Hei-lung-chiang, Pinyin Heilongjiang, the northernmost sheng (province) of China's Northeast Region (formerly known as Manchuria). Heilungkiang is bounded …
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FUKIEN — Wade-Giles romanization Fu-chien, Pinyin Fujian, sheng (province), in the People's Republic of China. It is located along China's southeast coast, …
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FU-SHOU-LU — Pinyin Fushoulu, in Chinese mythology, a collective term for the three so-called stellar gods, taken from their names: Fu Hsing, …
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CHINA 1 — also called Chicom 1, or PRC 1 first Earth satellite orbited by the People's Republic of China. It was launched …
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CH'ENG-TE — Pinyin Chengde, conventional Jehol city in northern Hopeh sheng (province), China. The city is situated in the mountains separating the …
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ANHWEI
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AN-K'ANG — Pinyin Ankang, formerly Hsing-an, city in southeastern Shensi sheng (province), China. Situated in the narrow valley of the Han River …
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