县 (xiàn): county
县 (xiàn) is a Chinese character meaning “county.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 且 (structural) and 厶 (structural). It ranks #877 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- county
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林县 | lín xiàn | Lin county in Henan |
| 万县 | wàn xiàn | Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality i... |
| 沙县 | shā xiàn | see 沙縣區|沙县区[Sha1 xian4 Qu1] |
| 和县 | hé xiàn | He County or Hexian, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 南县 | nán xiàn | Nan County or Nanxian, a county in Yiyang City 益陽市|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 道县 | dào xiàn | Dao County or Daoxian, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 成县 | chéng xiàn | Cheng County or Chengxian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 理县 | lǐ xiàn | Li County (Tibetan: li rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 ... |
| 高县 | gāo xiàn | Gao county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan |
| 通县 | tōng xiàn | Tong county in Beijing |
| 代县 | dài xiàn | Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi |
| 浚县 | xùn xiàn | Xun County or Xunxian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan |
| 金县 | jīn xiàn | King County |
| 市县 | shì xiàn | towns and counties |
| 单县 | shàn xiàn | Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
县 appears in 100 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 县 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
县城是地方行政中心。
Xiàn chéng shì dìfāng xíngzhèng zhōngxīn.
The county town is the local administrative center.
竹县爱讲“客”推学校客语能力 扩大奖励对象
zhú xiàn ài jiǎng kè tuī xué jiào kè yǔ néng lì kuò dà jiǎng lì duì xiàng
Zhu County loves to speak "guests" and promote the school's Hakka language ability to expand the reward objects
嘉义选情黄家班两样情 嘉市根基稳固、嘉县陷重整纷争
jiā yì xuǎn qíng huáng jiā bān liǎng yàng qíng jiā shì gēn jī wěn gù , jiā xiàn xiàn chóng zhěng fēn zhēng
Chiayi election situation Huang Jiaban two loves Jia City has a solid foundation, and Jia County is trapped in a reorganization dispute
千城百县看中国·护航春运丨河北交通:智慧高速守护...
qiān chéng bǎi xiàn kàn zhōng guó hù háng chūn yùn 丨 hé běi jiāo tōng : zhì huì gāo sù shǒu hù . . .
Thousands of cities and counties look at China and escort the Spring Festival丨Hebei transportation: smart high-speed protection...
超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
Groundwater in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, found to contain high concentrations of... Exceeding standards by nearly 2,000 times.
宁远县城管局:禁燃禁放不松懈 守护平安祥和年
nìng yuǎn xiàn chéng guǎn jú jīn rán jīn fàng bù sōng xiè shǒu hù píng ān xiáng hé nián
Ningyuan County Urban Management Bureau: Maintaining Vigilance in Fireworks and Fireworks Ban Safeguarding a Peaceful and Harmonious New Year
我在兵库县立大学学习。
Wǒ zài Bīngkùxiàn lì dàxué xuéxí.
I study at the University of Hyogo.
日本有多少个县?
Rìběn yǒu duōshao gè xiàn?
How many prefectures are there in Japan?
我去年夏天到访的是一个位于长野县的小村落。
Wǒ qùnián xiàtiān dàofǎng de shì yī gèwèi yú Chángyěxiàn de xiǎo cūnluò.
The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.
其鄄城、东阿、范县三处,赖荀彧、程昱二人设计相连,死守城郭。
Qí Juànchéng, Dōng'ē, fàn xiàn sān chǔ, lài Xún Yù, Chéng Yù èr rénshè jì xiānglián, sǐshǒu chéngguō.
At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.
Character Family
厶 Radical Family — Characters sharing the private radical
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