Chinese River Name Generator

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Generate Chinese river names for maps, stories and campaigns: real rivers such as Chang Jiang (长江, the Yangtze) and Jialing Jiang, original pinyin names with characters and a gloss like Bishui He (碧水河, jade-green water), and English names such as Jade Dragon River and Sword-Washing Creek.

About Chinese river names

A Chinese river name is a short describing element followed by a word for the kind of water. He (河) is the usual word in the north, as in Huang He, the Yellow River. Jiang (江) is commoner in the south and the northeast, as in Chang Jiang, the Yangtze. Shui (水) is the older word of the classics, xi (溪) is a stream, gou (沟) a gully and qu (渠) a canal. Because that word is part of the name, write Wei He or the Wei River, never Wei He River.

The 1,000 names come in three forms. Two hundred twenty-six are real rivers and canals, each followed by its characters and a place or an English name, such as Fen He (汾河, Shanxi). A few rivers of Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia keep their own names. Most of the rest are originals in pinyin with characters and a literal gloss of their meaning, such as Bishui He (碧水河, jade-green water). About one name in five is in English, like Jade Dragon River.

The originals follow real habits: colors, minerals, animals, plants, weather, numbers, good wishes, village streams named for a family, and rivers of myth and the martial world. These patterns are common, so an original may well match a real stream.

How to choose Chinese river names

  • Match the word to the water and the region. He suits a northern or dry-country river, jiang a big southern one, xi a clear hill stream, gou a gully that may run dry, and qu or yunhe a channel dug by people.
  • Do not say river twice. He, jiang, shui and xi already mean river or stream, so write Qingtan Xi or Blue Pool Stream, not Qingtan Xi Stream.
  • Name a river system the way real ones are named: one trunk in jiang or he, then tributaries in xi, jian and gou. A wuxia valley could have Dujie Jiang fed by Xijian Xi and Longyin Jian.
  • Copy the characters along with the pinyin. Different characters share one spelling, which is why the list holds two real rivers written Min Jiang and two written Wei He. For anything that matters, confirm the characters with a dictionary or a Chinese speaker.
  • Search a name before you publish it. Plain names such as Baisha He or Sancha He follow patterns used all over China, and the glosses are literal readings of the characters, not local histories.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between he, jiang, shui and xi?

All four name running water. He (河) is the commonest word for a river in northern China and jiang (江) in the south and the northeast, which is why the list has Fen He and Liao He but Xiang Jiang and Songhua Jiang. Shui (水) is the older word used in the classics, as in Yi Shui, and xi (溪) is a stream, as in Jiuqu Xi, the Nine Bends of Wuyi Shan.

Are these real Chinese rivers?

Two hundred twenty-six are, and each of those is followed by a place or an English name, for example Qiantang Jiang (钱塘江, Zhejiang) and Heilong Jiang (黑龙江, the Amur). Three more, such as Wangchuan, are rivers of myth and say so. Names followed by a gloss of their meaning, such as Luoyan Jiang (落雁江, alighting wild geese), and the English names are originals. Their patterns are common, so some will match a real stream that we have not looked up.

Why does the list have two rivers called Min Jiang?

Both are real. The Min Jiang of Sichuan is written 岷江 and the Min Jiang of Fujian is written 闽江, and the two characters share one pinyin spelling. The same goes for Han Jiang, Wei He and a few others, so each real river carries its characters and a place.

Can I use these names for a wuxia or fantasy map?

Yes. Names such as Dujie Jiang (渡劫江, tribulation-crossing river), Spirit Vein River, Sword-Washing Creek and River of Ten Thousand Lanterns were written with those settings in mind, and the plainer ones suit historical fiction and games. The list names rivers, streams and canals only, so the towns, bridges and ferries along them are yours to name.

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A: 9 names

  • Aiye Xi (艾叶溪, mugwort stream)
  • Aksu He (阿克苏河, Xinjiang)
  • Ankang He (安康河, safe and well)
  • Anlan He (安澜河, calmed waves)
  • Anmin Qu (安民渠, settled people canal)
  • Anning He (安宁河, Sichuan)
  • Autumn Moon River
  • Azure Cloud River
  • Azure Lotus Sect Stream

B: 54 names

  • Ba He (灞河, Xi'an)
  • Badao He (八道河, eight channels)
  • Badu Shui (八渡水, eight fords)
  • Bagua He (八卦河, eight trigrams)
  • Baibo He (白波河, white ripples)
  • Baifan He (白矾河, white alum)
  • Baigu Gou (白骨沟, white bone)
  • Baihe Jiang (白鹤江, white crane)
  • Baihu He (白虎河, white tiger)
  • Baihua He (百花河, hundred flowers)
  • Bailong Jiang (白龙江, Gansu and Sichuan)
  • Bailu He (白露河, white dew)
  • Baiquan He (白泉河, white spring)

B, continued

  • Baisha He (白沙河, white sand)
  • Baishi Jiang (白石江, white stone)
  • Baishui Jiang (白水江, Gansu and Sichuan)
  • Baitan Jiang (白滩江, white shoals)
  • Baiyan Xi (白岩溪, white rock)
  • Baiyang He (白杨河, white poplar)
  • Baizhang Jian (百丈涧, hundred-fathom ravine)
  • Bajiao Xi (芭蕉溪, plantain)
  • Bamboo Raft Creek
  • Banli Gou (板栗沟, chestnut gully)
  • Banyan Root Creek
  • Bao He (褒河, Shaanxi)
  • Baoding Jiang (宝鼎江, treasure tripod)
  • Baoshi He (宝石河, gemstone)

B, continued

  • Baoyu Gou (暴雨沟, cloudburst)
  • Beggar King's Brook
  • Bei Jiang (北江, the North River, Guangdong)
  • Beichuan (北川, the northern stream)
  • Beiliu He (北流河, Guangxi)
  • Beiluo He (北洛河, Shaanxi)
  • Beimen Jiang (北门江, north gate)
  • Beipan Jiang (北盘江, Guizhou)
  • Bian He (汴河, the canal of old Kaifeng)
  • Bibo Jiang (碧波江, jade waves)
  • Bijia Xi (笔架溪, brush rest)
  • Bingling He (冰凌河, ice floes)
  • Bingquan Xi (冰泉溪, ice spring)

B, continued

  • Bishui He (碧水河, jade-green water)
  • Bitan Xi (碧潭溪, jade pool)
  • Bixi (碧溪, jade stream)
  • Black Tortoise Water
  • Black Wind Gorge River
  • Blade-Quenching Brook
  • Blind Monk's Stream
  • Border Moon River
  • Broken Oath River
  • Brook of Peach Leaves
  • Brook of the Lone Fisherman
  • Brook of the Night Heron
  • Brook of the White Horse
  • Buha He (布哈河, Qinghai)

C: 67 names

  • Caihong Xi (彩虹溪, rainbow)
  • Caiyao Jian (采药涧, herb gatherer's ravine)
  • Camphor Shade Creek
  • Canal of Painted Bridges
  • Canal of the Grain Fleet
  • Canal of the Imperial Barges
  • Canal of the Willow Dike
  • Cangbo Jiang (苍波江, gray-green waves)
  • Cangjian Jian (藏剑涧, hidden sword)
  • Canglang He (苍狼河, gray wolf)
  • Canglong Jiang (苍龙江, azure dragon)
  • Cangshui (沧水, the deep blue water)
  • Cangying Jian (苍鹰涧, goshawk)

C, continued

  • Canyue Xi (残月溪, waning moon)
  • Cao'e Jiang (曹娥江, Zhejiang)
  • Caojia Bang (曹家浜, Cao family creek)
  • Caoyuan He (草原河, grassland)
  • Caoyun He (漕运河, grain transport river)
  • Carp Leap Torrent
  • Chakou He (岔口河, fork mouth)
  • Chan He (浐河, Xi'an)
  • Chang Chuan (长川, the long stream)
  • Chang Jiang (长江, the Yangtze)
  • Chang'e Xi (嫦娥溪, Chang'e's stream)
  • Changhua Jiang (昌化江, Hainan)
  • Changle Xi (长乐溪, long joy)

C, continued

  • Changpu Xi (菖蒲溪, sweet flag)
  • Changshe Xi (长蛇溪, long snake)
  • Changsheng He (长生河, long life)
  • Changxi He (长溪河, long brook)
  • Chaobai He (潮白河, Beijing and Hebei)
  • Chaosheng Jiang (潮生江, rising tide)
  • Chaoyang He (朝阳河, facing the morning sun)
  • Chashan Xi (茶山溪, tea hill stream)
  • Chating Xi (茶亭溪, tea pavilion)
  • Chengjiang (澄江, the limpid river)
  • Chengmen He (城门河, town gate)
  • Chenjia Xi (陈家溪, Chen family)
  • Chenwu Xi (晨雾溪, morning mist)
  • Chenxing Xi (晨星溪, morning star stream)

C, continued

  • Chisha Jiang (赤沙江, red sand)
  • Chishui He (赤水河, Guizhou and Sichuan)
  • Chitu He (赤土河, red soil)
  • Chiyan He (赤岩河, red rock)
  • Chongshan He (崇善河, honoring the good)
  • Chrysanthemum Frost Creek
  • Chu He (滁河, Anhui and Jiangsu)
  • Chuancheng He (穿城河, through-the-town river)
  • Chuanfu He (船夫河, boatman's river)
  • Chunfen Xi (春分溪, spring equinox stream)
  • Chunxun He (春汛河, spring flood)
  • Cinnabar Cliff River
  • Cishi Jian (磁石涧, lodestone)

C, continued

  • Ciyao He (瓷窑河, porcelain kiln)
  • Ciyun Xi (慈云溪, merciful cloud)
  • Cloud-Piercing Torrent
  • Cold Mountain Stream
  • Copper Mirror River
  • Creek of Idle Clouds
  • Creek of Nine Stepping Stones
  • Creek of the Copper Bell
  • Creek of the Crying Gibbon
  • Crimson Sect River
  • Crouching Tiger Run
  • Cuibo Jiang (翠波江, emerald ripples)
  • Cuilin Jian (翠林涧, emerald wood)
  • Cuixi (翠溪, emerald)

D: 47 names

  • Da Yunhe (大运河, the Grand Canal)
  • Dadu He (大渡河, Sichuan)
  • Dahei He (大黑河, Hohhot)
  • Daling He (大凌河, Liaoning)
  • Dan Jiang (丹江, a tributary of the Han)
  • Danfeng Xi (丹枫溪, red maple)
  • Dang Qu (当曲, Qinghai, a Yangtze headstream)
  • Daning He (大宁河, Chongqing)
  • Danquan Xi (丹泉溪, cinnabar spring)
  • Danya Xi (丹崖溪, cinnabar cliff)
  • Dao-Seeking Stream

D, continued

  • Daoliu He (倒流河, backward-flowing)
  • Daoshi Jian (道士涧, the Daoist's ravine)
  • Daotian He (稻田河, rice paddy)
  • Daoyi Xi (捣衣溪, clothes-pounding stream)
  • Daqing He (大清河, Hebei)
  • Dasha He (大沙河, great sand)
  • Datong He (大通河, Qinghai and Gansu)
  • Dawen He (大汶河, Shandong)
  • Daxi (大溪, the great stream)
  • Daxia He (大夏河, Gansu)
  • Daying Jiang (大盈江, Yunnan)
  • Dayu Qu (大禹渠, Yu the Great's canal)

D, continued

  • Dehui Jiang (德惠江, virtue and kindness)
  • Demon-Sealing River
  • Dengjia Xi (邓家溪, Deng family)
  • Dianmu Xi (电母溪, Lightning Mother's stream)
  • Diaoyu Xi (钓鱼溪, angler's stream)
  • Dingyuan He (定远河, settling the far lands)
  • Disciple's Tears Brook
  • Dong Jiang (东江, the East River, Guangdong)
  • Dongqu (东渠, the east canal)
  • Dongsha He (东沙河, east sand)
  • Dongshan Xi (东山溪, east hill)
  • Dongxi He (东溪河, east brook river)

D, continued

  • Dongxue Jian (冬雪涧, winter snow ravine)
  • Double Ninth Stream
  • Dragon Boat River
  • Dragon Gate River
  • Du He (堵河, Hubei)
  • Duanhun Jiang (断魂江, heartbreak river)
  • Duanjian He (断剑河, broken sword)
  • Dujie Jiang (渡劫江, tribulation-crossing river)
  • Dujuan Xi (杜鹃溪, azalea stream)
  • Dukou He (渡口河, ferry crossing)
  • Dulong Jiang (独龙江, Yunnan)
  • Dushu Xi (读书溪, the reading stream)

E: 10 names

  • Eighteen Bends Creek
  • Elixir Furnace Stream
  • Eluanshi He (鹅卵石河, cobblestone)
  • Empress Dowager's Canal
  • Enze He (恩泽河, bestowed grace)
  • Erdao He (二道河, second channel)
  • Ergun He (额尔古纳河, the Argun)
  • Ertix He (额尔齐斯河, the Irtysh)
  • Evening Drum River
  • Exile's Road River

F: 31 names

  • Fangcao He (芳草河, fragrant grass)
  • Fanxing He (繁星河, countless stars)
  • Fei Shui (淝水, Anhui)
  • Feicui He (翡翠河, jadeite)
  • Feihong Jiang (飞鸿江, flying swan goose)
  • Feixian Jiang (飞仙江, flying immortal)
  • Feixue He (飞雪河, flying snow)
  • Feiyun Jiang (飞云江, Zhejiang)
  • Fen He (汾河, Shanxi)
  • Feng He (沣河, Xi'an)

F, continued

  • Fengbo He (风伯河, Wind Earl's river)
  • Fenghuang Jiang (凤凰江, phoenix)
  • Fengjia Gou (冯家沟, Feng family gully)
  • Fengshou Qu (丰收渠, bumper harvest canal)
  • Fengwei Xi (凤尾溪, phoenix tail)
  • Fengyu He (风雨河, wind and rain)
  • Ferryman's Song River
  • First Frost Creek
  • Fisherman's Lantern River
  • Five Willows Creek

F, continued

  • Foguang He (佛光河, Buddha's light)
  • Fox Fire Brook
  • Frozen Banner River
  • Fu He (抚河, Jiangxi)
  • Fu Jiang (涪江, Sichuan)
  • Fuchun Jiang (富春江, Zhejiang)
  • Fuhu Jiang (伏虎江, tamed tiger)
  • Fulong Jiang (伏龙江, subdued dragon)
  • Fuping He (浮萍河, duckweed)
  • Furong Jiang (芙蓉江, Guizhou and Chongqing)
  • Fushou He (福寿河, fortune and long life)

G: 31 names

  • Gan Jiang (赣江, Jiangxi)
  • Ganhe Gou (干河沟, dry river)
  • Ganzhe He (甘蔗河, sugarcane)
  • Gaojia He (高家河, Gao family river)
  • Gaoliang He (高粱河, sorghum)
  • General's Last Stand River
  • Ghost Lantern Creek
  • Golden Core River
  • Golden Pheasant Brook
  • Golmud He (格尔木河, Qinghai)

G, continued

  • Gongbei He (弓背河, bow back)
  • Gongzhu He (公主河, the princess's river)
  • Green Forest Outlaws' Creek
  • Guandu He (官渡河, official ferry)
  • Guangai Qu (灌溉渠, irrigation canal)
  • Guangji He (广济河, broad relief)
  • Guangtong Qu (广通渠, a Sui canal to Chang'an)
  • Guangyu He (广裕河, broad plenty)
  • Guanyin Xi (观音溪, Guanyin's stream)
  • Gubai Jian (古柏涧, ancient cypress)

G, continued

  • Gui Jiang (桂江, Guangxi)
  • Guifan Jiang (归帆江, homebound sails)
  • Guihua Jiang (桂花江, osmanthus)
  • Guiku Jian (鬼哭涧, ghost-wail ravine)
  • Guiren Xi (归仁溪, return-to-benevolence stream)
  • Guishe He (龟蛇河, tortoise and snake)
  • Gujing Xi (古井溪, old well stream)
  • Guo He (涡河, Henan and Anhui)
  • Guojia Gou (郭家沟, Guo family)
  • Guyu He (谷雨河, grain rain)
  • Guzhou Jiang (孤舟江, lone boat)

H: 82 names

  • Hai He (海河, Tianjin)
  • Hailar He (海拉尔河, Inner Mongolia)
  • Hairpin Bridge Stream
  • Haitang Xi (海棠溪, crabapple)
  • Han Gou (邗沟, Yangzhou, an ancient canal)
  • Han Jiang (汉江, joins the Yangtze at Wuhan)
  • Han Jiang (韩江, Guangdong)
  • Hanjia Gou (韩家沟, Han family)
  • Hanlu Xi (寒露溪, cold dew)
  • Hanshui Xi (寒水溪, cold water)
  • Hao Shui (濠水, Anhui)
  • He Jiang (贺江, Guangxi and Guangdong)
  • Heartless Blade River

H, continued

  • Heaven's Ladder Stream
  • Hebo Jiang (河伯江, the River Earl's river)
  • Hehua Xi (荷花溪, lotus)
  • Heilong Jiang (黑龙江, the Amur)
  • Heisha He (黑沙河, black sand)
  • Heishi Gou (黑石沟, black rock)
  • Heitan He (黑潭河, black pool)
  • Heixiong Gou (黑熊沟, black bear)
  • Heiya Jian (黑崖涧, black cliff)
  • Hejia Xi (何家溪, He family stream)
  • Heming Xi (鹤鸣溪, crane call)
  • Henghe (横河, the crosswise river)
  • Hengli Jing (横沥泾, cross-drain channel)
  • Heping Qu (和平渠, peace canal)

H, continued

  • Heshang Gou (和尚沟, the monk's gully)
  • Hetao Gou (核桃沟, walnut)
  • Hidden Dragon Torrent
  • Homesick Soldier's River
  • Hong Gou (鸿沟, a Warring States canal)
  • Hongdeng He (红灯河, red lantern)
  • Hongfeng Xi (红枫溪, red maple)
  • Honghua He (红花河, safflower)
  • Hongliu He (红柳河, tamarisk)
  • Hongni Gou (红泥沟, red clay)
  • Hongqi Qu (红旗渠, the Red Flag Canal, Henan)
  • Hongsha Xi (红沙溪, red sand)
  • Hongshi Jiang (红石江, red stone)
  • Hongshui He (红水河, Guangxi)

H, continued

  • Hongtu He (红土河, red earth)
  • Hongyan He (红岩河, red crag)
  • Hotan He (和田河, Xinjiang)
  • Houde Jiang (厚德江, deep virtue)
  • Houhe (后河, the river behind)
  • Houyi Xi (后羿溪, Houyi the archer's stream)
  • Houzi Jian (猴子涧, monkey ravine)
  • Huai He (淮河, between the Yellow River and the Yangtze)
  • Huaishu Gou (槐树沟, locust tree)
  • Huajiao Gou (花椒沟, prickly ash gully)
  • Hualin He (桦林河, birch wood)
  • Huan He (洹河, Anyang, Henan)
  • Huang He (黄河, the Yellow River)

H, continued

  • Huang Shui (湟水, Qinghai)
  • Huanghun Jiang (黄昏江, dusk)
  • Huangji Gou (黄麂沟, muntjac)
  • Huangni He (黄泥河, yellow mud)
  • Huangpu Jiang (黄浦江, Shanghai)
  • Huangsha He (黄沙河, yellow sand)
  • Huangshi Jiang (黄石江, yellow stone)
  • Huangtan He (黄滩河, yellow shoals)
  • Huangtu Gou (黄土沟, loess)
  • Huangying Xi (黄莺溪, oriole)
  • Huanliu He (缓流河, slow current)
  • Huansha Jiang (浣纱江, silk-washing river)
  • Huanxi (环溪, the encircling stream)
  • Hucheng He (护城河, the city moat)

H, continued

  • Hudie Xi (蝴蝶溪, butterfly)
  • Huilong He (回龙河, returning dragon)
  • Huimin He (惠民河, kindness to the people)
  • Hujia He (胡家河, Hu family river)
  • Hulan He (呼兰河, Heilongjiang)
  • Huli Gou (狐狸沟, fox gully)
  • Hulu He (葫芦河, Ningxia and Gansu)
  • Hun He (浑河, Liaoning)
  • Hundred Cranes Water
  • Hungry Ghost Canal
  • Hunshui He (浑水河, muddy water)
  • Hupo Jiang (琥珀江, amber)
  • Hutuo He (滹沱河, Shanxi and Hebei)
  • Huxiao Jian (虎啸涧, tiger's roar ravine)

I: 4 names

  • Ili He (伊犁河, Xinjiang)
  • Immortal's Footprint Creek
  • Iron Fan Torrent
  • Iron Ox River

J: 39 names

  • Jade Dragon River
  • Jade Emperor's Canal
  • Jade Flute Narrows
  • Ji Shui (济水, an ancient river, now gone)
  • Jiahe (夹河, the river between)
  • Jiahe Jiang (嘉禾江, fine grain)
  • Jialing Jiang (嘉陵江, joins the Yangtze at Chongqing)
  • Jian Xi (建溪, Fujian)
  • Jiangan Xi (箭杆溪, arrow shaft stream)
  • Jiangjun He (将军河, the general's river)
  • Jiangnan Yunhe (江南运河, Grand Canal south of the Yangtze)
  • Jin Jiang (晋江, Fujian)
  • Jin Jiang (锦江, Chengdu)

J, continued

  • Jinbao He (金豹河, golden leopard)
  • Jinbei He (金杯河, golden cup)
  • Jinbo Jiang (金波江, golden ripples)
  • Jing He (泾河, Shaanxi)
  • Jinglei He (惊雷河, startling thunder)
  • Jingshui (静水, the still water)
  • Jingwei He (精卫河, Jingwei bird)
  • Jingzhe Xi (惊蛰溪, waking-of-insects stream)
  • Jinji He (金鸡河, golden pheasant)
  • Jinkeng Xi (金坑溪, gold pit)
  • Jinli Xi (金鲤溪, golden carp)
  • Jinsha Jiang (金沙江, the upper Yangtze)
  • Jinshui He (金水河, Beijing, the Golden Water River)

J, continued

  • Jinsuo Xi (金锁溪, golden lock)
  • Jinxiu Jiang (锦绣江, brocade and embroidery)
  • Jinzan He (金簪河, golden hairpin)
  • Jinzhi Gou (锦雉沟, brocade pheasant)
  • Jishui Xi (急水溪, swift water)
  • Jiudao Wan He (九道湾河, nine turnings)
  • Jiulong Jiang (九龙江, Fujian)
  • Jiuqu Xi (九曲溪, the Nine Bends of Wuyi Shan)
  • Jiuwan He (九湾河, nine bends)
  • Jixian He (集贤河, gathered worthies)
  • Jixiang He (吉祥河, good fortune)
  • Juhua Gou (菊花沟, chrysanthemum)
  • Juma He (拒马河, Hebei and Beijing)

K: 11 names

  • Kaidu He (开都河, Xinjiang)
  • Kangle He (康乐河, health and joy)
  • Karakax He (喀拉喀什河, the Black Jade River, Hotan)
  • Karma-Washing Water
  • Kingfisher Creek
  • Kongque He (孔雀河, the Peacock River, Xinjiang)
  • Kuafu He (夸父河, Kuafu the sun-chaser)
  • Kun Fish River
  • Kunlun Shui (昆仑水, Kunlun water)
  • Kunpeng Jiang (鲲鹏江, kun and peng)
  • Kuye He (窟野河, Shaanxi)

L: 70 names

  • Lan Jiang (兰江, Zhejiang)
  • Lancang Jiang (澜沧江, the upper Mekong)
  • Langtao Jiang (浪淘江, washing waves)
  • Lanshan Xi (蓝山溪, blue mountain)
  • Lantern Boat Narrows
  • Lantern Festival Canal
  • Laoha He (老哈河, Inner Mongolia)
  • Laohe Gou (老河沟, old riverbed)
  • Laojie He (老街河, old street)
  • Last Garrison Creek
  • Layue Gou (腊月沟, twelfth month)
  • Lei Shui (耒水, Hunan)
  • Leigong Jian (雷公涧, Thunder God's ravine)
  • Leiming Jian (雷鸣涧, thunderclap ravine)

L, continued

  • Lhasa He (拉萨河, Tibet)
  • Li Jiang (漓江, Guilin)
  • Li Shui (澧水, Hunan)
  • Li Yunhe (里运河, Jiangsu)
  • Liandan Xi (炼丹溪, elixir-refining stream)
  • Liangcang He (粮仓河, granary)
  • Liangfeng Jian (凉风涧, cool wind)
  • Liangquan He (凉泉河, cool spring)
  • Liangshui He (凉水河, Beijing)
  • Lianzi Xi (莲子溪, lotus seed)
  • Liao He (辽河, Liaoning)
  • Lidong He (立冬河, start of winter)
  • Lieren Gou (猎人沟, hunter's gully)
  • Lihua Xi (梨花溪, pear blossom)

L, continued

  • Lijia Xi (李家溪, Li family)
  • Limin Qu (利民渠, people's benefit canal)
  • Liming He (黎明河, daybreak)
  • Ling Jiang (灵江, Zhejiang)
  • Ling Qu (灵渠, Guangxi, a Qin dynasty canal)
  • Lingjiao He (菱角河, water caltrop)
  • Lingquan Xi (灵泉溪, spirit spring)
  • Lingzhi Jian (灵芝涧, lingzhi)
  • Lirang Xi (礼让溪, courtesy)
  • Liu Jiang (柳江, Guangxi)
  • Liudao He (六道河, six channels)
  • Liujia He (刘家河, Liu family river)
  • Liuli He (琉璃河, glazed tile)
  • Liuxi He (流溪河, Guangzhou)

L, continued

  • Liuyang He (浏阳河, Hunan)
  • Liuye He (柳叶河, willow leaf)
  • Lixian Jiang (李仙江, Yunnan)
  • Liyu He (鲤鱼河, carp)
  • Lizhi Jiang (荔枝江, lychee)
  • Lone Hero's River
  • Long Night River
  • Longchuan Jiang (龙川江, Yunnan)
  • Longwang He (龙王河, Dragon King's river)
  • Longyan Xi (龙眼溪, longan stream)
  • Longyin Jian (龙吟涧, dragon's cry ravine)
  • Lotus Root Canal
  • Luan He (滦河, Hebei)
  • Luanshi Gou (乱石沟, tumbled rock)

L, continued

  • Luci He (鸬鹚河, cormorant)
  • Luming He (鹿鸣河, belling deer)
  • Luo He (洛河, Henan, the Luo Shui of the classics)
  • Luohan Jian (罗汉涧, arhat ravine)
  • Luohua Xi (落花溪, fallen petals)
  • Luojia Xi (罗家溪, Luo family)
  • Luori Jiang (落日江, setting sun)
  • Luoshen Xi (洛神溪, Luo goddess stream)
  • Luotuo He (骆驼河, camel)
  • Luoyan Jiang (落雁江, alighting wild geese)
  • Lüshui Jiang (绿水江, green water)
  • Lusi Xi (鹭鸶溪, egret stream)
  • Luwei He (芦苇河, reed)
  • Lychee Bank Stream

M: 37 names

  • Ma'an He (马鞍河, saddle)
  • Maidi Gou (麦地沟, wheat field)
  • Manao He (玛瑙河, agate)
  • Manas He (玛纳斯河, Xinjiang)
  • Mandarin Duck Brook
  • Maoniu He (牦牛河, yak)
  • Master's Vow Stream
  • Mati He (马蹄河, horse hoof)
  • Matou He (码头河, wharf)
  • Mazu Xi (妈祖溪, Mazu's stream)
  • Mei Jiang (梅江, Guangdong)
  • Meixi (梅溪, plum)

M, continued

  • Meiyao Gou (煤窑沟, coal pit)
  • Mianhua He (棉花河, cotton)
  • Miaoqian Xi (庙前溪, the stream before the temple)
  • Mid-Autumn Water
  • Milu He (麋鹿河, milu deer)
  • Miluo Jiang (汨罗江, Hunan)
  • Min Jiang (岷江, Sichuan)
  • Min Jiang (闽江, Fujian)
  • Mingchan Xi (鸣蝉溪, singing cicada)
  • Mingde He (明德河, bright virtue)
  • Mingjing He (明镜河, bright mirror)
  • Mingyue Jiang (明月江, bright moon)

M, continued

  • Minsheng Qu (民生渠, people's livelihood canal)
  • Mochi Gou (墨池沟, ink pond)
  • Mofang Gou (磨坊沟, mill)
  • Monkey Vine Gorge Stream
  • Moon-Drinking River
  • Morning Bell Water
  • Moshui He (墨水河, ink water)
  • Moyang Jiang (漠阳江, Guangdong)
  • Mudan Jiang (牡丹江, Heilongjiang)
  • Mulan Xi (木兰溪, Fujian)
  • Mulberry Bank River
  • Mutong Xi (牧童溪, herd boy's stream)
  • Muyun Jiang (暮云江, evening cloud)

N: 22 names

  • Nag Qu (那曲, Tibet)
  • Naihe (奈河, the river of the underworld, mythic)
  • Nandu Jiang (南渡江, Hainan)
  • Nanguan He (南关河, south gate)
  • Nanhe Gou (南河沟, south river gully)
  • Nanliu Jiang (南流江, Guangxi)
  • Nanmu Xi (楠木溪, nanmu)
  • Nanpan Jiang (南盘江, Yunnan and Guizhou)
  • Nantian He (南天河, southern heaven)
  • Nanxi Jiang (楠溪江, Zhejiang)
  • Neihe (内河, the inner river)

N, continued

  • Nen Jiang (嫩江, Heilongjiang)
  • Night Rain Inn Creek
  • Nine Carp Brook
  • Nine Heavens River
  • Niujiao Gou (牛角沟, ox horn gully)
  • Niulan Jiang (牛栏江, Yunnan)
  • Niulang Xi (牛郎溪, Cowherd's stream)
  • Niyang He (尼洋河, Tibet)
  • Nu Jiang (怒江, the upper Salween)
  • Nuanquan He (暖泉河, warm spring)
  • Nüwa He (女娲河, Nüwa's river)

O: 4 names

  • Old Cormorant Creek
  • Orchid Boat River
  • Osmanthus Rain River
  • Ou Jiang (瓯江, Zhejiang)

P: 19 names

  • Painted Boat Creek
  • Pangxie He (螃蟹河, crab)
  • Panlong Jiang (盘龙江, Kunming)
  • Paper Kite Brook
  • Parlung Tsangpo (帕隆藏布, Tibet)
  • Peach Spring Stream
  • Pear Blossom Water
  • Pearl Diver's Creek
  • Penglai Shui (蓬莱水, water of the immortal isle)

P, continued

  • Phoenix Ash Creek
  • Pi He (淠河, Anhui)
  • Ping'an Xi (平安溪, safe and sound stream)
  • Pixiu He (貔貅河, pixiu)
  • Plum Rain River
  • Porcelain Kiln Creek
  • Pu Shui (濮水, an ancient river of the central plain)
  • Pudu He (普渡河, Yunnan)
  • Pusa Xi (菩萨溪, bodhisattva)
  • Putao Gou (葡萄沟, grape)

Q: 40 names

  • Qi He (淇河, Henan, the Qi Shui of the Book of Songs)
  • Qianchuan He (前川河, the stream in front)
  • Qiandao Jiang (千岛江, thousand islands)
  • Qianlong Jiang (潜龙江, hidden dragon)
  • Qiantang Jiang (钱塘江, Zhejiang)
  • Qiaofu Jian (樵夫涧, woodcutter's ravine)
  • Qili He (七里河, seven li)
  • Qilin Hoof Brook
  • Qilin Jiang (麒麟江, qilin)
  • Qin He (沁河, Shanxi and Henan)
  • Qing Jiang (清江, Hubei)
  • Qingfeng Qu (庆丰渠, harvest celebration canal)
  • Qingfeng Xi (清风溪, clear breeze)

Q, continued

  • Qinglang Jiang (青浪江, blue-green waves)
  • Qinglian Xi (清廉溪, upright stream)
  • Qinglin Xi (青林溪, green woods stream)
  • Qinglong He (青龙河, Hebei)
  • Qingluan Xi (青鸾溪, blue luan bird)
  • Qingming He (清明河, clear and bright)
  • Qingni He (青泥河, blue clay)
  • Qingshi Xi (青石溪, bluestone)
  • Qingshui He (清水河, Ningxia)
  • Qingshui Jiang (清水江, Guizhou)
  • Qingshui Xi (清水溪, clear water)
  • Qingtai Jian (青苔涧, green moss ravine)
  • Qingtan Xi (青潭溪, blue pool stream)

Q, continued

  • Qingtian He (晴天河, clear sky)
  • Qingting He (蜻蜓河, dragonfly)
  • Qingwa Gou (青蛙沟, frog gully)
  • Qingyan He (清晏河, clear and tranquil)
  • Qingyan Jian (青岩涧, blue crag)
  • Qingyi Jiang (青弋江, Anhui)
  • Qingyi Jiang (青衣江, Sichuan)
  • Qinhuai He (秦淮河, Nanjing)
  • Qiongshui (琼水, the fine jade water)
  • Qipan Xi (棋盘溪, chessboard)
  • Qiushui Jiang (秋水江, autumn water)
  • Qixing He (七星河, seven stars)
  • Qu Jiang (渠江, Sichuan)
  • Queqiao He (鹊桥河, magpie bridge)

R: 61 names

  • Rao He (饶河, Jiangxi)
  • Raocheng He (绕城河, round-the-town river)
  • Red Lantern Canal
  • Reed Marsh Bandits' Creek
  • Renshen Gou (人参沟, ginseng)
  • Renyi He (仁义河, benevolence and right)
  • Rice Barge Canal
  • River at the Edge of the Sky
  • River Below the Cloud Sea
  • River Between Two Kingdoms
  • River Beyond the Western Pass
  • River of Drifting Petals

R, continued

  • River of Echoing Flutes
  • River of Falling Plum Blossoms
  • River of Floating Lotus Lamps
  • River of Lingering Snow
  • River of Morning Dew
  • River of Parting Sorrow
  • River of Red Maple Leaves
  • River of Returning Sails
  • River of Scattered Stars
  • River of Ten Thousand Lanterns
  • River of the Azure Emperor
  • River of the Bronze Mirror

R, continued

  • River of the Dragon King's Daughter
  • River of the Drunken Poet
  • River of the Eight Immortals
  • River of the First Emperor's Horses
  • River of the Five Grains
  • River of the Hidden Immortal
  • River of the Hundred Schools
  • River of the Jade Maiden
  • River of the Lost Seal
  • River of the Lotus Throne
  • River of the Old Ferryman
  • River of the Returning Swallows

R, continued

  • River of the Salt Merchants
  • River of the Seven Bridges
  • River of the Silent Bell
  • River of the Silver Pheasant
  • River of the Sleeping Tiger
  • River of the Stone Tortoise
  • River of the Tea Pickers
  • River of the Three Sages
  • River of the Vermilion Gate
  • River of the Weeping Willows
  • River of the Yellow Crane
  • River of Unfinished Songs

R, continued

  • River of Wandering Clouds
  • River of White Mist
  • River That Greets the Dawn
  • River Under the Hanging Temple
  • River Where Cranes Winter
  • Rong Jiang (榕江, Guangdong)
  • Ronghua Jiang (荣华江, glory and splendor)
  • Rongshu He (榕树河, banyan)
  • Rouge Powder Creek
  • Ru He (汝河, Henan)
  • Ruili Jiang (瑞丽江, Yunnan)
  • Ruo Shui (弱水, the Weak Water, Gansu)
  • Ruyi He (如意河, as you wish)

S: 85 names

  • Salt Barge Canal
  • Sancha He (三岔河, three forks)
  • Sandao Gou (三道沟, third gully)
  • Sanggan He (桑干河, Shanxi and Hebei)
  • Sangyuan He (桑园河, mulberry orchard)
  • Sanshui Jiang (三水江, three waters)
  • Santan Xi (三潭溪, three pools)
  • Scholar's Inkstone Stream
  • Seven Sisters Stream
  • Sha Xi (沙溪, Fujian)
  • Sha'ou Jiang (沙鸥江, sand gull)
  • Shamu Xi (杉木溪, China fir)
  • Shancha Jian (山茶涧, camellia)
  • Shandian Gou (闪电沟, lightning)

S, continued

  • Shanhu Jiang (珊瑚江, coral)
  • Shanyang Gou (山羊沟, mountain goat)
  • Shazhou He (沙洲河, sandbar)
  • Shengli Qu (胜利渠, victory canal)
  • Shengshui He (圣水河, holy water)
  • Shengui He (神龟河, sacred tortoise)
  • Shennong Xi (神农溪, Hubei)
  • Shennü Xi (神女溪, Wu Gorge, Chongqing)
  • Shenxi (深溪, deep stream)
  • Shenxian Gou (神仙沟, gully of the immortals)
  • Shenzhen He (深圳河, Guangdong)
  • Shibadu Shui (十八渡水, eighteen fords)
  • Shiban Xi (石板溪, flagstone)
  • Shijian He (试剑河, sword-testing river)

S, continued

  • Shili He (十里河, ten li)
  • Shiliu He (石榴河, pomegranate)
  • Shimen Jian (石门涧, stone gate ravine)
  • Shiqiao He (石桥河, stone bridge)
  • Shiquan He (狮泉河, Tibet, the upper Indus)
  • Shiyang He (石羊河, Gansu)
  • Shizi Gou (柿子沟, persimmon)
  • Shouxin He (守信河, keeping faith)
  • Shu He (沭河, Shandong)
  • Shuanghe (霜河, the frost river)
  • Shuanglong Xi (双龙溪, twin dragon)
  • Shuangqiao He (双桥河, twin bridges)
  • Shuangxi (双溪, twin streams)
  • Shuangye Xi (霜叶溪, frosted leaf)

S, continued

  • Shuijing Xi (水晶溪, crystal)
  • Shuimo Gou (水磨沟, watermill)
  • Shuiniu Gou (水牛沟, water buffalo)
  • Shuita He (水獭河, otter)
  • Shuixian Xi (水仙溪, narcissus)
  • Shuiyang Jiang (水阳江, Anhui)
  • Shule He (疏勒河, Gansu)
  • Shunhe (顺河, the favorable river)
  • Si He (泗河, Shandong)
  • Sichou He (丝绸河, silk)
  • Sifang Qu (四方渠, four-square canal)
  • Silk Washer's Creek
  • Silver Carp River
  • Sky Mirror River

S, continued

  • Sleeping Buddha River
  • Smuggler's Reed Channel
  • Snow Plum Brook
  • Soaring Serpent Deeps
  • Songhua Jiang (松花江, the Sungari)
  • Songjia He (宋家河, Song family river)
  • Songtao Jian (松涛涧, pine-wind)
  • Soul-Ferry River
  • Spirit Vein River
  • Spring Thunder River
  • Starfall Rapids
  • Stone Drum Stream
  • Stream of Broken Jade
  • Stream of Cold Bamboo

S, continued

  • Stream of Hidden Orchids
  • Stream of the Fox Wedding
  • Stream of the Laughing Monk
  • Stream of the Listening Pines
  • Stream of the Moon Rabbit
  • Stream of the White Deer
  • Sugarcane Ferry River
  • Sui Shui (睢水, an ancient river)
  • Sulian Xi (素练溪, white silk ribbon stream)
  • Summer Flood Canal
  • Sunjia Gou (孙家沟, Sun family)
  • Suolong Jian (锁龙涧, chained dragon ravine)
  • Suzhou He (苏州河, Shanghai)
  • Swallow Rock River
  • Sword-Washing Creek

T: 47 names

  • Taihe Jiang (泰和江, great harmony)
  • Taiji Xi (太极溪, taiji)
  • Taiping He (太平河, great peace)
  • Taizi He (太子河, Liaoning)
  • Talisman Ash Stream
  • Tan Jiang (潭江, Guangdong)
  • Tangjia He (唐家河, Tang family river)
  • Tangqiao Jing (塘桥泾, dike bridge channel)
  • Tao He (洮河, Gansu)
  • Taohua Xi (桃花溪, peach blossom stream)
  • Tarim He (塔里木河, Xinjiang)

T, continued

  • Tashan He (塔山河, pagoda hill)
  • Tea Horse River
  • Tea Thief Brook
  • Ten Thousand Reeds Creek
  • Tengtiao Jiang (藤条江, Yunnan)
  • Thousand Lotus River
  • Thousand Swords Torrent
  • Three Pagodas River
  • Three Vows Creek
  • Thunder Palm Rapids
  • Tian He (天河, the River of Heaven, the Milky Way of myth)
  • Tian'e He (天鹅河, swan)

T, continued

  • Tianluo Xi (田螺溪, river snail)
  • Tianmen He (天门河, heaven's gate)
  • Tianshi Jian (天师涧, the celestial master's ravine)
  • Tianshui Jiang (天水江, heaven's water)
  • Tiao Xi (苕溪, Zhejiang)
  • Tiejiang Gou (铁匠沟, blacksmith)
  • Tiesuo Jiang (铁索江, iron chain)
  • Tiexi (铁溪, iron stream)
  • Tiger Leap River
  • Ting Jiang (汀江, Fujian)
  • Tonghui He (通惠河, Beijing)
  • Tongji Qu (通济渠, a Sui dynasty canal)

T, continued

  • Tongluo He (铜锣河, bronze gong)
  • Tongqian He (铜钱河, copper coin)
  • Tongtian He (通天河, the Yangtze in Qinghai)
  • Tongxin He (同心河, one heart)
  • Toudao Gou (头道沟, first gully)
  • Tribulation Thunder River
  • Tuanjie Qu (团结渠, unity canal)
  • Tumen Jiang (图们江, Jilin)
  • Tuo Jiang (沱江, Sichuan)
  • Tuotuo He (沱沱河, Qinghai, a Yangtze headstream)
  • Twin Phoenix Stream
  • Two Tigers Creek

U: 1 name

  • Ulungur He (乌伦古河, Xinjiang)

V: 1 name

  • Vermilion Bird Narrows

W: 47 names

  • Waijiang (外江, the outer river)
  • Wan'an Jiang (万安江, ten thousand safeties)
  • Wandering Swordsman's Creek
  • Wangchuan (忘川, the river of forgetting, mythic)
  • Wangjia He (王家河, Wang family river)
  • Wangxiang He (望乡河, gazing-homeward river)
  • Wangye Gou (王爷沟, the prince's gully)
  • Wangyou He (忘忧河, forget-your-cares river)
  • Wanli Jiang (万里江, ten thousand li)
  • Wanquan He (万泉河, Hainan)
  • Wanwan Chuan (弯弯川, the winding valley stream)

W, continued

  • Wanxia Jiang (晚霞江, sunset glow)
  • Waters of Quiet Thought
  • Waters of the Mirror Pavilion
  • Waters of the Silver Fish
  • Waters of the Southern Song
  • Wawayu Jian (娃娃鱼涧, giant salamander ravine)
  • Weeping Bride River
  • Wei He (卫河, Henan and Hebei)
  • Wei He (渭河, Shaanxi, joins the Yellow River)
  • Wenchang Jiang (文昌江, flourishing letters)
  • Wenyu He (温榆河, Beijing)
  • White Bone Shallows

W, continued

  • White Elephant River
  • White Heron Stream
  • White Tiger Rapids
  • Wild Goose River
  • Willow Smoke Canal
  • Wine Gourd Creek
  • Winter Bamboo Stream
  • Wohu Xi (卧虎溪, crouching tiger stream)
  • Wu Jiang (乌江, Guizhou)
  • Wucha Gou (五岔沟, five forks gully)
  • Wudao Xi (悟道溪, awakening)
  • Wude He (武德河, martial virtue)

W, continued

  • Wuding He (无定河, Shaanxi)
  • Wugeng Xi (五更溪, fifth watch)
  • Wujia Jing (吴家泾, Wu family channel)
  • Wuli Gou (五里沟, five li)
  • Wuni He (乌泥河, black mud)
  • Wusan Jiang (雾散江, lifting fog)
  • Wushi Jiang (乌石江, dark stone)
  • Wusuli Jiang (乌苏里江, the Ussuri)
  • Wusuo Jiang (雾锁江, fog-locked river)
  • Wutong He (梧桐河, parasol tree)
  • Wuxing Jiang (五行江, five phases)
  • Wuyou He (无忧河, carefree)

X: 53 names

  • Xar Moron He (西拉木伦河, Inner Mongolia)
  • Xi Jiang (西江, the West River)
  • Xiandu Jiang (仙渡江, the immortals' ferry)
  • Xiang Jiang (湘江, Hunan)
  • Xiangbi He (象鼻河, elephant trunk)
  • Xiangjun Shui (湘君水, the Lord of the Xiang's water)
  • Xiangpu He (香蒲河, cattail)
  • Xiangrui Jiang (祥瑞江, good omen)
  • Xiangxi He (香溪河, Hubei)
  • Xiangzhang Xi (香樟溪, fragrant camphor)
  • Xianren Xi (仙人溪, the immortal's stream)
  • Xiao Shui (潇水, Hunan)
  • Xiaochi Gou (硝池沟, saltpeter pond)

X, continued

  • Xiaohe Gou (小河沟, little river)
  • Xiaoqing He (小清河, Shandong)
  • Xiaoyao Jiang (逍遥江, free and easy)
  • Xiatan He (下滩河, lower shoals)
  • Xiayu Xi (夏雨溪, summer rain)
  • Xichuan He (西川河, western valley)
  • Xiejia Xi (谢家溪, Xie family)
  • Xijian Xi (洗剑溪, sword-washing stream)
  • Xikuang Gou (锡矿沟, tin mine)
  • Xiliao He (西辽河, Inner Mongolia)
  • Xiliu Shui (西流水, west-flowing water)
  • Xima Xi (洗马溪, horse-washing stream)
  • Ximen Xi (西门溪, west gate)

X, continued

  • Xin Jiang (信江, Jiangxi)
  • Xin'an Jiang (新安江, Anhui and Zhejiang)
  • Xingfu Qu (幸福渠, happiness canal)
  • Xinghe Jian (星河涧, river-of-stars)
  • Xinghua He (杏花河, apricot blossom)
  • Xinglong He (兴隆河, thriving)
  • Xinkai He (新开河, newly cut river)
  • Xinyue He (新月河, new moon)
  • Xique He (喜鹊河, magpie)
  • Xisha He (西沙河, west sand)
  • Xiu Shui (修水, Jiangxi)
  • Xiucai Gou (秀才沟, the licentiate's gully)
  • Xiuwen Jiang (修文江, cultivating letters)

X, continued

  • Xiyang He (夕阳河, evening sun)
  • Xiyu Xi (细雨溪, fine rain stream)
  • Xuanfeng Gou (旋风沟, whirlwind)
  • Xuanhua He (宣化河, proclaiming the way)
  • Xuanshui (玄水, the dark water)
  • Xuanwu He (玄武河, dark warrior, the northern guardian)
  • Xuelang Jiang (雪浪江, snow-white waves)
  • Xuerong He (雪融河, thaw)
  • Xueshui He (雪水河, snowmelt)
  • Xujia Gang (徐家港, Xu family creek)
  • Xun He (旬河, Shaanxi)
  • Xun Jiang (浔江, Guangxi)
  • Xunyu Jiang (鲟鱼江, sturgeon)
  • Xuri Jiang (旭日江, rising sun)

Y: 86 names

  • Yalong Jiang (雅砻江, Sichuan)
  • Yalu Jiang (鸭绿江, Liaoning and Jilin)
  • Yan He (延河, Shaanxi)
  • Yanchang He (盐场河, saltworks)
  • Yangbi Jiang (漾濞江, Yunnan)
  • Yangchang He (羊肠河, sheep-gut, a winding course)
  • Yangjia He (杨家河, Yang family river)
  • Yangshupu Gang (杨树浦港, Shanghai)
  • Yanguan He (盐官河, salt commissioner's river)
  • Yanjing Gou (盐井沟, brine well)
  • Yantai Xi (砚台溪, inkstone stream)
  • Yanwei He (燕尾河, swallowtail)
  • Yanyu Jiang (烟雨江, mist and rain)
  • Yanzi He (燕子河, the swallows' river)

Y, continued

  • Yaochi Xi (瑶池溪, jasper pool)
  • Yaohu Xi (妖狐溪, fox spirit)
  • Yaoqin Xi (瑶琴溪, jade zither)
  • Yaotai Xi (瑶台溪, jasper terrace)
  • Yaowan He (窑湾河, kiln bend)
  • Yarkant He (叶尔羌河, Xinjiang)
  • Yarlung Tsangpo (雅鲁藏布江, the upper Brahmaputra)
  • Yecha Gou (夜叉沟, yaksha gully)
  • Yellow Dust River
  • Yema He (野马河, wild horse)
  • Yeya He (野鸭河, wild duck)
  • Yeyue He (夜月河, night moon)
  • Yi He (伊河, Henan)
  • Yi He (沂河, Shandong)

Y, continued

  • Yi Shui (易水, Hebei)
  • Yimin Qu (益民渠, people's gain canal)
  • Yinding He (银锭河, silver ingot)
  • Ying He (颍河, Henan and Anhui)
  • Yinghuo Xi (萤火溪, firefly stream)
  • Yingpan He (营盘河, army camp)
  • Yingtao Gou (樱桃沟, cherry)
  • Yingzui Jian (鹰嘴涧, eagle beak)
  • Yinhu Jian (银狐涧, silver fox)
  • Yinkuang He (银矿河, silver mine)
  • Yinma He (饮马河, Jilin)
  • Yinpan Jiang (银盘江, silver platter)
  • Yinsha He (银沙河, silver sand)
  • Yinshu Xi (银梳溪, silver comb stream)
  • Yinxing Xi (银杏溪, ginkgo)

Y, continued

  • Yinyang He (阴阳河, yin and yang)
  • Yitong He (伊通河, Changchun)
  • Yizhan He (驿站河, post station)
  • Yong Jiang (甬江, Ningbo)
  • Yong Jiang (邕江, Nanning)
  • Yongchang He (永昌河, ever flourishing)
  • Yongding He (永定河, Beijing)
  • Yongfeng He (永丰河, lasting abundance)
  • Yonghe Jiang (永和江, lasting harmony)
  • Yongji Qu (永济渠, a Sui dynasty canal)
  • Yongning Jiang (永宁江, lasting calm)
  • Yongqing He (永清河, forever clear)
  • You Jiang (右江, Guangxi)
  • You Shui (酉水, Hunan)

Y, continued

  • Youfang Gou (油坊沟, oil press)
  • Youlan Xi (幽兰溪, hidden orchid stream)
  • Yu Jiang (郁江, Guangxi)
  • Yuan Jiang (元江, Yunnan, the upper Red River)
  • Yuan Jiang (沅江, Hunan)
  • Yuanti Jian (猿啼涧, crying gibbons)
  • Yuanyang Xi (鸳鸯溪, mandarin duck)
  • Yubi Jiang (玉璧江, jade disc)
  • Yudai He (玉带河, jade belt)
  • Yudi Xi (玉笛溪, jade flute)
  • Yueliang He (月亮河, moon)
  • Yueya He (月牙河, crescent)
  • Yuguo Xi (雨过溪, after-the-rain stream)
  • Yuhu Xi (玉壶溪, jade flask)

Y, continued

  • Yuhuan Jiang (玉环江, jade ring)
  • Yulong He (遇龙河, Yangshuo)
  • Yumi Gou (玉米沟, maize)
  • Yunkai He (云开河, parting clouds)
  • Yunmu Xi (云母溪, mica stream)
  • Yunwu Jian (云雾涧, cloud and fog)
  • Yunxi (云溪, cloud stream)
  • Yurungkax He (玉龙喀什河, the White Jade River, Hotan)
  • Yushi Xi (雨师溪, Rain Master's stream)
  • Yushu Chuan (榆树川, elm valley stream)
  • Yutu Xi (玉兔溪, jade rabbit)
  • Yuwang He (渔网河, fishing net)
  • Yuweng Xi (渔翁溪, old fisherman's stream)
  • Yuyue Jiang (鱼跃江, leaping fish)
  • Yuzhu Jiang (玉珠江, jade bead)

Z: 42 names

  • Za Qu (扎曲, Qinghai, a Lancang headstream)
  • Zaolin He (枣林河, jujube grove)
  • Zaowang Gou (灶王沟, Kitchen God's gully)
  • Zhagang (闸港, the sluice creek)
  • Zhang He (漳河, Hebei and Henan)
  • Zhangjia Gou (张家沟, Zhang family)
  • Zhangshu Jiang (樟树江, camphor tree)
  • Zhanjiao Xi (斩蛟溪, flood-dragon-slaying stream)
  • Zhaohun Shui (招魂水, soul-summoning water)
  • Zhaojia Bang (肇嘉浜, a Shanghai creek, now a road)
  • Zhaojia Gou (赵家沟, Zhao family gully)
  • Zhaoxia He (朝霞河, dawn glow)
  • Zhedong Yunhe (浙东运河, Zhejiang)
  • Zhengguo Qu (郑国渠, Shaanxi, a Qin canal)

Z, continued

  • Zhengjia Gang (郑家港, Zheng family creek)
  • Zhengyi Xi (正义溪, justice)
  • Zhenlong He (真龙河, true dragon)
  • Zhenzhu Xi (珍珠溪, pearl)
  • Zheshan He (折扇河, folding fan)
  • Zhinü He (织女河, Weaver Girl's river)
  • Zhizu Xi (知足溪, contentment)
  • Zhonggu He (钟鼓河, bell and drum)
  • Zhongxi (中溪, the middle stream)
  • Zhongxiao Xi (忠孝溪, loyal and filial stream)
  • Zhongzhou He (中洲河, mid-river isle)
  • Zhoujia Bang (周家浜, Zhou family creek)
  • Zhu Jiang (珠江, the Pearl River)
  • Zhuangyuan He (状元河, top scholar's river)

Z, continued

  • Zhufa Xi (竹筏溪, bamboo raft)
  • Zhulin Xi (竹林溪, bamboo grove)
  • Zhuoliu Gou (浊流沟, turbid current)
  • Zhuque Jiang (朱雀江, vermilion bird)
  • Zhusha He (朱砂河, cinnabar)
  • Zi Jiang (资江, Hunan)
  • Zisha He (紫砂河, purple clay)
  • Ziteng Xi (紫藤溪, wisteria)
  • Zixi (紫溪, purple stream)
  • Ziya He (子牙河, Hebei)
  • Ziye Xi (子夜溪, midnight)
  • Zonglü Xi (棕榈溪, palm)
  • Zuli He (祖厉河, Gansu)
  • Zuo Jiang (左江, Guangxi)