Xuhui

English

Xuhui District in Shanghai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Hsu-hui, Siccawei, Zikawei, Ziccawei

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徐匯 / 徐汇 (Xúhuì, literally “Xu Confluence”), a clipping of 徐家匯 / 徐家汇 (Xújiāhuì, literally “Xu Family Confluence”) in reference to the prominence of the Xu family in the area during the Ming dynasty and the previous junction of several streams and canals in the district's Xujiahui neighborhood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːhweɪ/

Proper noun

Xuhui

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • [1969, John Gardner, “The Wu-fan Campaign in Shanghai: A Study in the Consolidation of Urban Control”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action‎^[1], University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 521:

     Because of the pressures exerted, in some areas it was unnecessary for the ch'ü IPPE committees to take any action at all. For example, in Hsühui ch'ü all the firms which the IPPE Committee had intended to inspect came forward and made voluntary confessions, apologizing for their sins.]

   • [1978 December 15 [1978 December 13], “Shanghai Assists Youths Returning from Countryside”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 242, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Shanghai City Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page G 2‎^[2]:

     (Hsinlo) and (Hsuchen) neighborhoods in Hsuhui District, which have offered educational classes for educated youths since September and November, respectively, have recently invited returning educated youths to attend these classes free of charge.]

   • 2018 [1989 June], Rongji Zhu, “Get Organized and Maintain Shanghai's Stability”, in Zhu Rongji on the Record: The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     According to a report from Xuhui District, over 40 of its intersections are blocked.

   • 2018 June 28, Austin Ramzy, “Shanghai Knife Attack Kills Two Schoolchildren”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-28, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     Another boy and a woman were also stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xuhui.

Synonyms

• (chiefly historical) French Concession

Translations

District of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徐匯 / 徐汇 (Xúhuì)

See also

• Xujiahui

Further reading

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