Xi Hu

See also: Xīhú

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) Hsi Hu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).

Proper noun

Xi Hu

Synonym of West Lake.
- 2011 March, Lewis, Simon, The Rough Guide to Shanghai (Rough Guides)‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, OCLC 769789298, OL 26298662M, page 156:
  The modern city is not of much interest in itself, but Xi Hu — the lake around which Hangzhou curls — and its shores still offer wonderful Chinese vistas of trees, hills, flowers, old causeways over the lake, fishing boats, pavilions and pagodas.

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