瘦西湖

Chinese

		thin skinny	west(ern)	lake
trad. (瘦西湖)		瘦	西	湖
simp. #(瘦西湖)		瘦	西	湖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shòuxīhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shòuxīhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shòusihú
    • Wade–Giles: Shou⁴-hsi¹-hu²
    • Yale: Shòu-syī-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Showshihwu
    • Palladius: Шоусиху (Šousixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

Proper noun

瘦西湖

1. Slender West Lake (a scenic lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

• 西湖 (Xī Hú) (inexact); 長春河 / 长春河 (Chángchūn Hé), 炮山河 (Pàoshān Hé), 保揚河 / 保扬河 (Bǎoyáng Hé), 保障河 (Bǎozhàng Hé), 保障湖 (Bǎozhàng Hú) (historical)

Descendants

• → English: Slender West Lake