All 22 provinces Flashcards
省
Province
河北省
HeBei - North of the yellow river
山西省
ShanXi - West of the mountains (TaiHang mountains)
辽宁省
LiaoNing - Eternal peace in the Liao river basin
吉林省
JiLin - Manchu phrase meaning along the river
黑龙江省
HeiLongJiang - Black dragon river, Chinese name for the Amur river
江苏省
JiangSu - Named after the cities JiangNing and Suzhou
浙江省
ZheJiang - Named after the ZheJiang river
安徽省
AnHui - Means peaceful beauty, its name derives from AnQing and Huizhou
福建省
FuJian - Named after two cities within fujian, FuZhou and JianZhou
江西省
JiangXi - West of the gan river
山东省
ShanDong - East of the TaiHang mountains
河南省
HeNan - South of the yellow river
湖北省
HuBei -North of the dongting lake
湖南省
HuNan - South of the dongting lake