Hsi-shui

English

Map including HSI-SHUI (CH'I-SHUI) 浠水 (蘄水) (AMS, 1953) →OCLC

Etymology

From Mandarin 浠水 (Xīshuǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-shui³.

Proper noun

Hsi-shui

1. Alternative form of Xishui
   • 1966 July, CHINESE POWER PLANTS HUPEH PROVINCE‎^[1], Imagery Analysis Division, CIA, page 6 (18/28):

     The Pa-lien Hydro Power Plant in located 13.0 nm northeast of Hsi-shui on the Hsi-shui (River) at coordinates 30 35 50N - 115 26 25E.

   • 1969, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin‎^[2], numbers 35-40, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24:

     The seventh rice mill visited is run by a brigade located in the October People's Commune in Hsi-shui County, Hupei Province. It is an old mill built, it would appear, with local material but adopting all the modern essential equipment.

   • 1980, KAI-YU HSU, WEN I-TO‎^[3], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:

     HSIA-pa-ho Village is a small but rich "fish and rice" village located at the confluence of the Pa and the Yangtze rivers outside the Hsi-shui county seat in Hupeh province.

   • 1992, Edwin Pak-wah Leung, WEN I-TO (Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976)‎^[4], Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 461:

     Wen I-to was the eldest son of a renowned scholar family of Hsi-shui County in Hupei Province. At an early age he was trained in the classics by a disciplinarian father, and at then he was sent to Wuchang (a day's trip from Hsi-shui) to study at a modern grade school.

Translations

Xishui — see Xishui