Xi River (西江, pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal map spelling: Si Kiang, lit. "West River") is the western tributary of Pearl River in southern China. The other two main tributaries of Pearl River are Dongjiang River and Beijiang River. Many parts of Xijiang are navigable. It is the largest of the tributaries, being 2,197 km. Other transliterations include Hsi River and Hsi Chiang. It supplies water to many places in Guangxi, Guangdong and Macao. Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Chinese Postal Map Romanization (Traditional Chinese: 郵政式拼音; Pinyin: Yóuzhèngshì PÄ«nyÄ«n) refers to the system of romanization for Chinese place names which came into use in the late Qing dynasty and was officially sanctioned by the Imperial Postal Joint-Session Conference (帝國郵電聯席會議), which was held in Shanghai in the... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Pearl River in Guangzhou Pearl River at night, Guangzhou The Zhu Jiang, (珠江 Pinyin: ZhÅ« Jiāng), or Pearl River, is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). ... Dong River (東江; Pinyin: Dōng Jiāng, lit. ... Bei River (北江;, pinyin: Běi Jiāng, lit. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... China, and should not be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ...

Another Xi is a minor tributary of the Jiulong River northwest of Xiamen. Jiulong River or Jiulong Jiang is the largest river in southern Fujian, and the second largest in Fujian, China. ... View of Xiamen from the Xiamen University campus Xiamen is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

Tributaries

The Xi River in turn also has tributaries:

• Yu River (鬱江)
• Qian River (黔江)
• Gui River (桂江)
• Lijiang River

The Yu River (also called the Siang River) is a river in the south of China. ... Lijiang near Guilin in Guangxi The Li River 20 Yuan note and its inspiration Elephant Trunk Hill, the symbol of Guilin Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lijiang River The Li River (Chinese: 漓江, pinyin: Lí Jiāng) is a river in Guangxi Province, China. ...

Towns along the river include

• Wuzhou (Guangxi)
• Zhaoqing (Guangdong)
• Gaoyao (Guangdong)
• Jiangmen (Guangdong)

Wuzhou is a prefecture-level city on the Eastern fringe of Guangxi Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Zhaoqing (肇庆) is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong province in southern China. ... China, and should not be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ... Gaoyao City (高要市) is a city in Guangdong province, in southern China. ... The Sino-British Restaurant, a renovated building along Changdi Middle road in the waterfront district. ...

See also

• Pearl River Delta
• Geography of China
• List of rivers in China
• Battle of Yamen