湘军 in English Xiang1 jun1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

湘 军

Traditional Characters

湘 軍

Pinyin

Xiang1 jun1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

湘xiang1abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China 军jun1(bound form) army