Siccawei

English

Etymology

A romanization of the Shanghainese pronunciation of Chinese 徐家匯／徐家汇 (xxi-ka-hhue).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪːkəˈweɪ/, /sɪːkɑːˈweɪ/

Proper noun

Siccawei

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
   • 1973, Rewi Alley, “Shanghai”, in 中国见闻 [Travels in China, 1966-71]‎^[1], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 76:

     The factory we went to see was out in the Hsuchiahui (Siccawei, in Shanghai dialect) district, and was called the Deaf and Mute Workers' Electrical Appliance Factory No. 2.

   • 1992, Caleb Carr, “"Not As Was Hoped, Dead..."”, in The Devil Soldier: The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward‎^[2], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 126:

     Early on the morning of the eighteenth the Taipings occupied the historic town of Hsu-chia-hui, or Siccawei, just west of the port, where Jesuit missionaries had long before established an important Catholic community.

2. (obsolete) Synonym of Xuhui, the larger district of Shanghai, China, surrounding Xujiahui.