Xihu

See also: Xīhú

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).

Proper noun

Xihu

1. A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
   • 2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland Preservation in the Sanjiang Plain”, in Joanne Bauer, editor, Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments‎^[1], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51:

     For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament: […]

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 溪湖 (kai¹ wu⁴)

  Hokkien: 溪湖

  Mandarin: 溪湖 (zh) (Xīhú)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can