Xishui

See also: xīshuǐ, Xīshuǐ, and xìshuǐ

English

Alternative forms

• Hsi-shui (Wade–Giles)
• Sishui

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 浠水 (Xīshuǐ).

Proper noun

Xishui

1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
   • [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

     Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.]

   • [1952 March 23 [1952 March 22], “Revolt by 280 Armed Men in Red China Acknowledged”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch‎^[2], volume 104, number 180, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2A, column 6:

     A belated Chinese Communist report disclosed today that a local armed revolt against the Communist government broke out in Hsishui county in Hupei province on Feb. 21 and 22.]

   • [1972, Rewi Alley, “Agriculture and Industry in Two Chinese Hinterland Counties”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[3], volume XI, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43:

     On the way back to Hsishui County centre, we admired the mass of spring blossom of tung trees, and others.]

   • 2018 November 15, Dominique Patton, “China confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Hubei province”, in Christian Schmollinger, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 08 September 2024, World:

     China's agricultural ministry said on Thursday it had confirmed a new African swine fever outbreak near the city of Huangguang in the central province of Hubei.
     The outbreak occurred on a farm of 636 pigs in Xishui county, it said, adding that 13 had already died and a further 24 were sick.

   • 2020 January 31, Dake Kang, “The shunned: People from virus-hit city tracked, quarantined”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 2022-02-15‎^[6]:

     So he went to the hospital and got checked. Doctors determined it was a common cold, not the new coronavirus, he says, and he returned home. Then a week ago, he says, five officers showed up at his house in Xishui County, a two hour drive from Wuhan. They wore masks and wielded blue, gun-shaped thermometers.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浠水 (zh) (Xīshuǐ)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xishui”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3505, column 1

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 習水／习水 (Xíshuǐ).

Proper noun

Xishui

1. A county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China.

Translations

county in southwestern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 習水／习水 (zh) (Xíshuǐ)