西湖

Chinese

		west	lake
trad. (西湖)		西	湖
simp. ^#(西湖)		西	湖
anagram		湖西

Etymology

“West Lake (in Hangzhou)”: From its position relative to nearby Hangzhou.
“Xihu District, Hangzhou”: Named after the West Lake.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xī Hú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ wu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-fù
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-ô͘
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shi-wu₆ / ¹shi-wu₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xī Hú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Si Hú
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹ Hu²
  - Yale: Syī Hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shi Hwu
  - Palladius: Си Ху (Si Xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ wu⁴
  - Yale: sāi wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wuː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-fù
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ fu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ fu²
  - Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ fu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-ô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Se-ôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'oo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-wu₆
  - MiniDict: shi^平 wu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-hhu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-wu₂
  - MiniDict: shi^平 wu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕi³³ ɦu³⁴/

Middle Chinese: sej hu

Rime
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	先稽切	戸吳切
Baxter	sej	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/sei/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/siei/	/ɣu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai¹	wu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər [ɡ]ˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl ɡaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	hú
Middle Chinese	‹ sej ›	‹ hu ›
Old Chinese	/*s-nˁər/	/*[ɡ]ˁa/
English	west	lake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	西	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13236	4247
Phonetic component	西	古
Rime group	微	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	西	胡
Old Chinese	/*sɯːl/	/*ɡaː/

Proper noun

西湖

West Lake (a lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(～區) Xihu (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(～郡) Tây Hồ (a district of Hanoi, Vietnam)
(～鄉) Xihu, Sihu (a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan)
(～社區) Xihu (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
(～村) Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
(inexact) synonym of 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú), Slender West Lake (a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

(lake near Hangzhou): (Pre-Tang) 武林水, 明聖湖／明圣湖, 金中湖, 錢塘湖／钱塘湖; (Hangzhounese) 西子湖

Compounds

瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú)

Descendants

→ English: West Lake (calque)