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    Old Xiang, also known as Lou-Shao (simplified Chinese: 娄邵片; traditional Chinese: 婁邵片; pinyin: Lóu Shào piàn; lit. 'Loudi and Shaoshan subgroup'), is a...
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    Scholars divided Xiang into five subgroups, Chang-Yi, Lou-Shao, Hengzhou, Chen-Xu and Yong-Quan. Among those, Lou-shao, also known as Old Xiang, still exhibits...
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    Government announced on March 26, 2021, that the return of the 3-year-old Xiang Xiang to China has been postponed from May 31 to December 31 due to the COVID-19...
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  • Xiang Ji (c. 232–202 BC), courtesy name Yu, was the Hegemon-King of Western Chu during the Chu–Han Contention period (206–202 BC) of China. A noble of...
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    characteristics that distinguish Old Xiang. While most linguists follow Yuan Jiahua in describing New Xiang as a subgroup of Xiang Chinese, Zhou Zhenhe and You...
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    varieties are typically classified into several groups: Mandarin, Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan, Jin, Hakka and Yue, though some varieties remain unclassified. These...
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    Due to migrations, Xiang can be split into New and Old Xiang groups, with Old Xiang having fewer Mandarin-influenced features. Xiang varieties have universally...
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    does not fit into the traditional New XiangOld Xiang dichotomy. It is geographically adjacent to the Old Xiang dialects that it was traditionally grouped...
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    The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd...
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    Xiangkhouang Province. Phonsavan was built in the late-1970s and replaced old Xiang Khouang (today known as Muang Khoune), which was destroyed during the...
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    As the Xiang River runs through the province from south to north, Hunan is called "Xiang" for short and boasts its "Xiang Cuisine", "Xiang Embroidery"...
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    dialects within Southwestern Mandarin, treating only the more conservative Old Xiang dialects as a separate group. The Huizhou dialects have features of both...
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    variants) Min (including the Hokkien and Fuzhounese variants) Hakka (Kejia) Xiang (Hunanese) Gan (Jiangxinese) The revised classification of Li Rong, used...
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  • Fei Xiang (born Bart Hsiao Luan Phillips, known as Kris Phillips; traditional Chinese: 費翔; simplified Chinese: 费翔; pinyin: Fèi Xiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hùi Siông)...
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    The Xiang Army or Hunan Army (Chinese: 湘軍; pinyin: Xiāng Jūn) was a standing army[citation needed] organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and...
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    Sichuanese vocabulary also contains words from Old Xiang and Middle Xiang, such as "謱謰" (sloppy), "革" (old) and "崽" (son). Though Sichuanese is not as endangered...
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    Xupu subgroup'), is a Xiang Chinese language spoken in western Hunan that does not fit into the traditional New XiangOld Xiang dichotomy. It is geographically...
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    Middle Chinese. The voicing distinction is retained in modern Wu and Old Xiang dialects, but has disappeared from other varieties. In Min dialects the...
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  • Changsha dialect (category Xiang Chinese)
    Xiang variety, as opposed to Old Xiang; the distinction is mainly based on the presence of the Middle Chinese voiced plosives and affricates. The Old...
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    lost in Yue and most other modern Chinese varieties apart from Wu and Old Xiang. In the Guangfu, Siyi and Gao–Yang subgroups, these initials have yielded...
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  • the initials. When voicing was lost in all dialect groups except Wu and Old Xiang, this distinction became phonemic. The Zhongyuan Yinyun shows the typical...
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  • them both. Shortly afterwards, a team of four skilled individuals led by Xiang infiltrate a highly guarded CIA office in New York City and retrieve "Pandora's...
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  • 639-6 639-3 eng ango ang Old English bicr Bai bjgh Beijing Mandarin bjjg Beijing cagj Chang-Jing cayi New Xiang cuqu Chuqu Wu dbiu Northeastern Mandarin...
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    Names of the days of the week (category Articles containing Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text)
    Sichuanese Mandarin, Taishanese, Yudu Hakka, Teochew, Ningbonese, and Loudi Old Xiang. Some Hakka varieties in Taiwan still use the traditional Luminaries....
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  • Guo Xiang (Chinese: 郭象; pinyin: Guō Xiàng; Wade–Giles: Kuo Hsiang; born 252 AD – died 312 AD) is credited with the first and most important revision of...
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  • Ministry had declared that 39 people were killed and 192 injured. Two-year-old Xiang Weiyi was the last person rescued, 21 hours after the train crash. Her...
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    rebel leader Xiang Yu to invade the Qin heartland and forced the surrender of the Qin ruler Ziying in 206 BC. After the fall of the Qin, Xiang Yu, as the...
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    Hunan (category Pages with Xiang Chinese IPA)
    Xiang Chinese (湘语) is the eponymous variety of Chinese spoken in Hu'nan. There are several varieties of Xiang Chinese, such as New Xiang, Old Xiang,...
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    exception: Entering tone is distinct without a final stop.) In Wu and Old Xiang, the 'light' tones are always dependent on voiced initials, and so are...
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    Mei Xiang (Chinese 美香 Měi Xiāng [mèiɕjɑ́ŋ] "beautiful fragrance") is a female giant panda who lived at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Mei Xiang has...
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