Xiang

British  

/ ʃjɑːŋ /

noun

1. a river in SE central China, rising in NE Guangxi and flowing northeast and north to Dongting Lake. Length: about 1150 km (715 miles)

2. a river in S China, rising in SE Yunnan and flowing generally east to the Hongxiu (the upper course of the Xi River). Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

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Example Sentences

Chinese acting charge d'affaires Liu Xiang said the deal "constitutes participation in the 'belt and road' initiative".

From Barron's

"The impact of nerve injury on the immune system across the lifespan is sexually dimorphic" by Sam Zhou, Xiang Shi, Alain Zhang, Magali Millecamps, Jeffrey Mogil and Ji Zhang was published in Neurobiology of Pain.

From Science Daily

Xiang Xiang takes a break from eating bamboo to hang out in histraining enclosure.

From Literature

In the first few weeks, alas, poor Xiang Xiang couldn’t master the skilled panda technique of bamboo eating—he wasted about 75 percent of the edible plant—and probably spent much of those days hungry.

From Literature

Xiang Xiang wandered out, looked around for a moment—bemused? confused?—and then scampered off into the woods.

From Literature