湘勇 xiāng yǒng

Hunan militia in late Qing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion

Characters

Character Meaning
湘 xiāng
abbr. for Hunan 湖南hú nán province in south central China
勇 yǒng HSK 4
brave