MANDARIN ↔ DEUTSCH · HANDEDICT
縣
简 县 · 繁 縣Mandarin · Pinyinxiàn
Bedeutungen
Kreis (administrative Einheit in China) (S, Geo)
County (S, Geo)
Landkreis (S, Geo)
Departement
SGrafschaft
S
Schriftzeichen
1 ZeichenLängere Einträge
Töne · Mandarin
4 · xian4
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Weitere Wörterbuchquellen Wiktionary · 10 Bedeutungen · 3 kantonesische Lesungen
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyun2 · jyun4 · jyun6
Cantonese word readings for 縣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- A type of administrative division: — (historical, in ancient China) district; prefecture
- A type of administrative division: — (in Mainland China) county (third level division that is now generally restricted to rural areas, contrasted with urban districts (區/区 (qū)))
- A type of administrative division: — (in Taiwan) county (first level division that used to be under the jurisdiction of a province but are now directly administered by the central government)
- A type of administrative division: — (in Indonesia) regency
- A type of administrative division: — (in Japan) prefecture
- A type of administrative division: — (in the United States) county (second level division under the jurisdiction of a state, excluding Alaska and Louisiana)
- A type of administrative division: — (in Vietnam) rural district
- (in many cases but not always) county seat (the town which serves as the seat of government of such divisions)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 懸 /悬 (xuán, “to hang; to suspend”)
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