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Shanxi vs Shaanxi - What's the difference?

shanxi | shaanxi |

As proper nouns the difference between shanxi and shaanxi

is that shanxi is a province in the northern part of the people's republic of china while shaanxi is a north-central province of the people's republic of china, and includes portions of the loess plateau on the middle reaches of the yellow river as well as the qinling mountains across the southern part of the province.

shanxi

English

(wikipedia Shanxi)

Alternative forms

* Chinese: * Pinyin: Sh?nx? * Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi * Its one-character abbreviation is Jin ( pinyin jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period. * Chinese Postal Map Romanization: Shansi.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China.

    • See also

    * Taiyuan

    shaanxi

    English

    (wikipedia Shaanxi)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.

    • References

    * Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo fen sheng dituji (Hanyu Pinyin ban) (Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin edition)

    See also

    * Xi'an