Shaanxi

[ shahn-shee ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in northern central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). : Xian.

Shaanxi

/ ˈʃænˈʃiː /

noun

1. a province of NW China: one of the earliest centres of Chinese civilization; largely mountainous. Capital: Xi'an. Pop: 36 900 000 (2003 est). Area: 195 800 sq km (75 598 sq miles)

Example Sentences

At the same time, climate advocates worry that Xi continues to show support for the domestic fossil fuel industry, after he visited a plant that extracts chemicals from coal in central China’s Shaanxi province this month.

From Washington Post