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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-ô͘
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shi-wu₆ / ¹shi-wu₂

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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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ wu⁴
    • Yale: sāi wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wuː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-fù
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ fu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ fu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-wu₆
    • MiniDict: shi^平 wu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-hhu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-wu₂
    • MiniDict: shi^平 wu^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕi³³ ɦu³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sej hu

Rime
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	先稽切	戸吳切
Baxter	sej	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər  [ɡ]ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl  ɡaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	hú
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hu ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*[ɡ]ˁa/
English	west	lake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13236	4247
Phonetic component	西	古
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	胡
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*ɡaː/

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 County, Taiwan)
5. (～社區) Xihu (a residential community of Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
6. (～村) Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
7. (inexact) Synonym of 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú), Slender West Lake (a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

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

Compounds

• 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú)

 

Descendants

• → English: West Lake (calque)