Zikawei
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English
Etymology
A romanization of the Shanghainese pronunciation of Chinese 徐家匯 / 徐家汇 (6zhi-ka1-we6).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zikawei
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
- 1945 December, Eugene E. Fahy, “China War Diary”, in Woodstock Letters, volume LXXIV, number 4, →OCLC, page 288:
- The Bishop was allowed to say daily Mass, and the others to receive Holy Communion sometimes, but no more than that. Some of these were singled out as "Communists" and shot or tortured. One of the latter is now a theologian here at Zikawei.
- 2004, Eric N Danielson, Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, volume 1, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 136:
- Tou Se Wei was actually the name of a second village south of Zikawei. A publishing house, another convent, and a collection of orphanages for boys and girls were located here. Although most of the Zikawei buildings have survived, almost all the Tou Se Wei buildings have been destroyed.
- 2015, D. E. Mungello, The Catholic Invasion of China: Remaking Chinese Christianity, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
- Shortly thereafter the orphanages were moved to Zikawei. The Sisterhood of the Presentation was founded in 1855, with its motherhouse at Zikawei.
- (obsolete) Synonym of Xuhui, the larger district of Shanghai, China, surrounding Xujiahui.