河間

简 河间 · 繁 河間
Mandarin · pinyin Hé jiān

Meanings

  1. see 河間市 Hé jiān Shì
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河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
間
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间
jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality
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2–1 · He2 jian1

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ho4 gaan1

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name

  1. (~市) Hejian (a county-level city of Cangzhou, Hebei, China)
  2. (~縣) (historical) Hejian (a former county of the historical province of Zhili, in northern China; formerly Wuyuan prior to the Sui dynasty)
  3. (~國, ~郡) (historical) Hejian (a fief or commandery in northern-eastern China during the Warring States period)

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