Lieh Hsü

English

Map including Lieh Hsü (Little Quemoy) and surrounding area (AMS, 1954)

Map including Lieh Hsü and ROC-administered areas

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 烈嶼 (Lieh⁴ Hsü⁴).

Proper noun

Lieh Hsü

1. Alternative form of Lieyu
   • [1958 September 2, “Central Intelligence Bulletin”, in CIA‎^[1], page 1:

     Peiping's defection appeals for the first time have been directed to Lieh Hsu (Little Quemoy). A 1 September broadcast called on the commander and his subordinates to "send someone to contact us" and to "be ready to lead all personnel" to cross over. The appeal was coupled with the warning that before long Communist artillery fire will "completely demolish your positions."]

   • 1959, Sailing Directions for the Coast of China‎^[2], 6th edition, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 191:

     A shoal, with general depths of less than 3 fathoms, extends about 1 ½ miles southward of the entire south shore of Lieh Hsü. Foul ground extends about ⅔ mile west-northwestward from Feng Hsü, the southwest extremity of Lieh Hsü.

Translations

Lieyu — see Lieyu