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It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Xiang Chinese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
Xiang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surnames: Xiàng (Chinese: 向; Xiàng ⓘ) and Xiāng (Chinese: 相). It means “to go forward” It originated from several sources. First, from Xiang, an ancient state (located in Shandong province), destroyed in the early Spring and Autumn period. [1]
Xiang or Hsiang (Chinese: 湘; Changsha Xiang: [sian˧ y˦˩], [2] Mandarin: [ɕi̯aŋ˥ y˨˩˦]), also known as Hunanese, is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages, spoken mainly in Hunan province but also in northern Guangxi and parts of neighboring Guizhou, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.
It is the 133rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji (籍) changed their surname to Xi (席) because of naming taboo of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, whose given name was Ji (籍). [3] Xi Murong (席慕容; born 1943), Chinese writer
The Xiangxiang dialect (Chinese: 湘乡话; pinyin: Xiāngxiānghuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Xiangxiang, Hunan province, China. It is part of a group of dialects called the Central Xiang dialects. [1]
Xiang Huaicheng (项怀诚), Chinese economist and former minister of finance of China; Jing Xiang (项晶), Chinese German actress; Xiang Liang (項梁), rebel leader in the Qin dynasty; Xiang Shengmo (項聖謨), Chinese painter in the Ming Dynasty; Xiang Yu (項羽), prominent warlord in the late Qin dynasty; Xiang Zhuang (項莊), a younger ...
Xiong's literal meaning is "bear".In ancient China, it was used as a clan name by a branch of the Mi (), the royal family of the state of Chu.As recorded by Sima Qian, they claimed descent from Zhuanxu, a son of the Yellow Emperor in Chinese mythology, and Yuxiong (鬻熊), a tutor of the King Wen of Zhou in the 11th century BC.
During the Shang dynasty, Astronomer Wu Xian (巫咸) got the surname Wu with given name of Xian (咸). During the Emperor Yao, the Si (姒) family got surname Xian (咸). In territory of Chu (state), the Mi (芈) family got surname Xian (咸). During the Zhou dynasty in Jin (晋), the Ji (姬) family got the surname Xian (咸).