Xi Hu

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See also: Xīhú

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Etymology

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

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Xi Hu

  1. Synonym of West Lake.
    • 2011 March, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Shanghai (Rough Guides)‎[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.