Xihe is the
atonal
Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. ''Atonality'', in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on ...
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
romanization
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of the
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
pronunciation of various
Chinese names.
It may refer to:
Mythology
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Xihe (deity)
Xihe () was a solar deity in Chinese mythology. One of the two wives of Di Jun (along with Changxi), she was the mother of ten suns in the form of three-legged crows residing in a mulberry tree, the Fusang, in the East Sea. Each day, one of ...
(), a Chinese solar deity
Science
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Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer
Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE), also named Xihe () after the solar deity, is China's first solar observatory. It was launched aboard a Long March 2D rocket on 14 October 2021. CHASE is a satellite operating at a 517-kilometer-altitude Su ...
, or Xihe, a solar observatory
Places
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Xihe Commentary (西河郡), a former commentary of imperial China around Fenyang, Shanxi
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Xihe District
Xihe District () is a district of Fuxin City, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative Divisions
There are six subdistricts and one town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but small ...
(细河区), a district in Fuxin, Liaoning, China
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Xihe County
Xihe County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longnan, in the southeast of Gansu Province of China. The postal code is 742500. The county seat is located in the town of Hanyuan ().
In 2014 the population wa ...
(西和县), a county in Gansu, China
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HD 173416
HD 173416, also named Xihe, is a star with an orbiting exoplanet in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is located at a distance of approximately 433 light-years based on parallax measurements, but is drifting closer to the Sun wit ...
(star), Constellation Lyra; a G8-type giant star; named after the Chinese solar deity
Towns
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Xihe, Chongqing (西河), in Tongliang County, Chongqing, China
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Xihe, Yongjing County (西河), in Yongjing County, Gansu, China
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Xihe, Dabu County (西河), in Dabu County, Guangdong, China
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Xihe, Shaoguan (西河), in Wujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
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Xihe, Guangxi (西河), in Mengshan County, Guangxi, China
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Xihe, Heilongjiang (西河), in Keshan County, Heilongjiang, China
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Xihe, Suizhou (), in Zengdu District, Suizhou, Hubei, China
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Xihe, Xiaogan (), in Xiaonan District, Xiaogan, Hubei, China
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Xihe, Hunan (西河), in Xinhua County, Hunan, China
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Xihe, Jiangsu (溪河), in Huai'an District, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
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Xihe, Jilin (溪河), in Shulan, Jilin, China
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Xihe, Shaanxi (西河), in Pingli County, Shaanxi, China
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Xihe, Shandong (西河), in Zichuan District, Zibo, Shandong, China
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Xihe, Chengdu (西河), in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Townships
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Xihe Township, Guizhou (西河乡), in Meitan County, Guizhou, China
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Xihe Township, Fenyang (西河乡), in Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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Xihe Township, Yangcheng County (西河乡), in Yangcheng County, Shanxi, China
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Xihe Township, Nanbu County (西河乡), in Nanbu County, Sichuan, China
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Xihe Township, Xide County (西河乡), in Xide County, Sichuan, China
See also
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Xi (disambiguation)
Xi is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Xi may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Xi'' (alternate reality game), a console-based game
* Xi, Japanese name for the video game '' Devil Dice''
* '' Saw XI'', an upcoming film in the ''Saw'' ...
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He (disambiguation)
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Hexi (disambiguation)
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