湘
Xiāng
Pinyin

Definition

湘
 - 
Xiāng
  1. abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
  2. abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

湘潭
Xiāng tán
  1. 1 Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan
湘
Xiāng
  1. 1 abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
  2. 2 abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
湘江
Xiāng jiāng
  1. 1 the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
湘菜
Xiāng cài
  1. 1 Hunan cuisine
湘西
Xiāng xī
  1. 1 Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
  2. 2 western Hunan

Sample Sentences

亲爱的，我家附近开了一家湘菜馆，听说超好吃。
qīn\'ài de ，wǒ jiā fùjìn kāi le yī jiā xiāngcài guǎn ，tīngshuō chāo hǎochī 。
Honey, a Hunan restaurant opened near my house. I heard it was super tasty.
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怎么了？你不是最爱湘菜吗？
zěnmele ？nǐ bùshì zuì ài xiāngcài ma ？
What's wrong? Isn't Hunan food your favorite?
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鲁菜、川菜、湘菜、粤菜、闽菜、苏菜、浙菜和徽菜。
lǔ cài 、chuāncài 、xiāngcài 、yuècāi 、mǐncài 、sūcài 、zhècài hé huīcài 。
Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunanese cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Minnan cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine and Anhui cuisine.
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川菜是麻辣，湘菜则是咸辣、酸辣，经常使用烟熏的食物做配料。
chuāncài shì mālà ，xiāngcài zé shì xiánlà 、suānlà ，jīngcháng shǐyòng yānxūn de shíwù zuò pèiliào 。
Sichuan food is spicy in a numbing way, Hunan food is spicy in a salty and sour way. It often uses smoked ingredients.
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我觉得思路很不错啊，在我看来，我会先将“川、鲁、苏、粤、浙、闽、湘、徽”这八大菜系逐一介绍。
wǒ juéde sīlù hěn bùcuò ā ，zàiwǒkànlai ，wǒ huì xiān jiāng “chuān 、Lǔ 、sū 、yuè 、zhè 、mǐn 、xiāng 、huī ”zhè bā dà càixì zhúyī jièshào 。
I think this way of conceiving it is good. In my view, I will first introduce the eight major cuisines, Sichuanese cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine.
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我就是湖南人，我们湘妹子特能吃辣。对了你们浙江是鱼米之乡，浙菜有好多“湖鲜”吧，口味就偏清淡而且口感较甜吧。
wǒ jiùshì Húnán rén ，wǒmen xiāng mèizi tè néng chī là 。duìle nǐmen zhèjiāng shì yú mǐ zhīxiāng ，zhècài yǒu hǎo duō “húxiān ”ba ，kǒuwèi jiù piān qīngdàn érqiě kǒugǎn jiào tián ba 。
I'm from Hunan myself, us Hunan girls are really good at eating spicy food. Oh yeah, I heard that Zhejiang where you are from is great for fish and rice. Zhejiang cuisine incorporates a lot of seafood sourced from lakes, the flavor of which is quite light and it tastes quite sweet.
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川菜的话，口味就是麻辣鲜香，最有名的菜色就得数“水煮鱼”、“宫保鸡丁”、“麻婆豆腐”啦。湘菜也重辣，不过更油腻。
Chuāncài dehuà ，kǒuwèi jiùshì málà xiānxiāng ，zuì yǒumíng de càisè jiù děi shǔ “shuǐzhǔyú ”、“gōngbǎojīdīng ”、“mápó dòufu ”la 。xiāngcài yě zhònglà ，bùguò gèng yóunì 。
In terms of Sichuanese food, the flavor is hot and numbing and fresh and fragrant. And one must count "poached sliced fish in hot chili sauce", "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Mapo Tofu" among them. Hunanese cuisine is also very spicy, but more oily too.
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我啊，宁愿跳进湘水中，葬身在江鱼的肚子里，又怎能够让自己洁白的灵魂受到世俗尘埃的污染呢！
wǒ ā ，nìngyuàn tiào jìn xiāngshuǐ zhōng ，zàngshēn zài jiāng yú de dùzi lǐ ，yòu zěn nénggòu ràng zìjǐ jiébái de línghún shòudào shìsú chénāi de wūrǎn ne ！
Me? I would rather jump into the Xiang river, and be buried in the stomaches of the Xiang river fish. So how could I allow my innocent soul to be polluted by the dust of our world.
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一种是苏州的“苏绣”；另一种是湖南的“湘绣”；最后一种是广东的“粤绣”。中国的刺绣可以说是全世界最好的！
yīzhǒng shì Sūzhōu de “sū xiù ”；lìng yīzhǒng shì Húnán de “xiāng xiù ”；zuìhòu yīzhǒng shì Guǎngdōng de “yuè xiù ”。Zhōngguó de cìxiù kěyǐ shuō shì quánshìjiè zuì hǎo de ！
One is Suzhou embroidery, called "Su embroidery", another is Hunan embroidery, which is called "Xiang embroidery"; the last kind is Guangdong embroidery, called "Yue embroidery". Chinese embroidery can be said to the best in the world!
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我已经死了吗？怎么可能？小湘呢？你告诉我她还活着！
wǒ yǐjīng sǐ le ma ？zěnme kěnéng ？xiǎoxiāng ne ？nǐ gàosu wǒ tā hái huó zhe zhe ！
I'm dead? How is that possible? What about Xiaoxiang? Tell me she's still alive!
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