Xujiahui

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See also: Xújiāhuì

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A French map of Xujiahui (Zi-ka-wei) in 1859

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Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 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 area.

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Xujiahui

  1. An area in Xuhui, Shanghai, China.
    • , Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 76:
      The factory we went to see was out in the Hsuchiahui (Siccawei, in Shanghai dialect) district, and was called the Deaf and Mute Workers' Electrical Appliance Factory No. 2.]
    • , New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 126:
      Early on the morning of the eighteenth the Taipings occupied the historic town of Hsu-chia-hui, or Siccawei, just west of the port, where Jesuit missionaries had long before established an important Catholic community.]
    • 2006 December 26, “Best Buy opens first China outlet - Business - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-04-14, International Business‎:
      The company joined with a local electronics chain, Jiangsu Five Star Appliance, to open the store in the busy Xujiahui shopping district of Shanghai.
  2. A subdistrict of Xuhui, Shanghai, China, consisting of the central part of the larger neighborhood.

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