Wu-hsi
See also: Wuhsi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 無錫 / 无锡 (Wúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu-hsi.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: wo͞oʹshēʹ
Proper noun
[edit]Wu-hsi
- Alternative form of Wuxi
- 1976, Charlton M. Lewis, “Literati Antiforeignism: Hunan and the Riots of 1891”, in Prologue to the Chinese Revolution: The Transformation of Ideas and Institutions in Hunan Province, 1891-1907[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:
- More often, the reverse appeared to be the case: government officials were on the scene, but their own antiforeign sentiments prevented their taking action against the rioters, as at Nanking and Wu-hsi.
- 2005, Rodney Leon Taylor, “Tung-lin Academy”, in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism[3], volume 2, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 637, column 1:
- One of the most famous shu-yüan academies established in China, the Tung-lin Academy was located southeast of the city of Wu-hsi, in Kiangsu province.
- 2011, Spencer C. Tucker, “Battle of Shanghai”, in Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict[4], ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 455:
- Instead of withdrawing to newly built fortifications along the Shanghai-Nanjing (Nanking) railway line at Wuxi (Wu-hsi), the Nationalists fell back on their capital of Nanjing, which became the next Japanese target.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wu-hsi.
Translations
[edit]Wuxi — see Wuxi
References
[edit]- ^ Wuxi, Wade-Giles romanization Wu-hsi, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 368:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Wusih (Wu-hsi, Wuxi)
Further reading
[edit]- “Wu-hsi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Wu-hsi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Wu-hsi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Wu-hsi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Wu-hsi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.