Xihu
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See also: Xīhú
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Xihu
Translations
rural township
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).
Proper noun
Xihu
- A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
- 2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland Preservation in the Sanjiang Plain”, in Joanne Bauer, editor, Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51:
- For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament: […]
- An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.