西湖

西湖

Chinese

		west	lake
trad. (西湖)		西	湖
simp. #(西湖)		西	湖
anagram		湖西

Etymology

“West Lake (in Hangzhou)”

From its position relative to nearby Hangzhou.

“Xihu District, Hangzhou”

Named after the West Lake.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xī Hú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-fù
• Min Nan (POJ): Se-ô͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): xi hhu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xī Hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Si Hú
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹ Hu²
    • Yale: Syī Hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shi Hwu
    • Palladius: Си Ху (Si Xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ wu⁴
    • Yale: sāi wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wuː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-fù
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ fuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ fu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: Se-ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'oo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xi hhu (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦv̩ʷ²¹/

Proper noun

西湖

1. West Lake (a lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
2. (～區) Xihu (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
3. (～郡) Tây Hồ (a district of Hanoi, Vietnam)
4. (～鄉) Xihu, Sihu (a rural township in Miaoli, Taiwan)
5. (～社區) Xihu (a residentialcommunity in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
6. (～村) Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (lake near Hangzhou): (Pre-Tang) 武林水, 明聖湖／明圣湖, 金中湖, 錢塘湖／钱塘湖

Descendants

• → English: West Lake