Xihu
See also: Xīhú
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: shēʹho͞oʹ[1]
- Hyphenation: Xi‧hu
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
Alternative forms
- Hsihu (Wade–Giles)
- Sihu (Tongyong Pinyin)
Proper noun
Xihu
Translations
rural township
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).
Proper noun
Xihu
- A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
- 2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland Preservation in the Sanjiang Plain”, in Joanne Bauer, editor, Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments[2], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51:
- For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament: […]
- An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
Translations
district
References
- ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “West Lake”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2080, column 1: “Chinese Si Hu or Hsi Hu (both: shēʹ ho͞oʹ), […]”