Xi Hu
See also: Xīhú
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiː ˈhuː/
- enPR: shēʹ ho͞oʹ
Proper noun
- Synonym of West Lake.
- 2011 March, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Shanghai (Rough Guides)[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 156:
- The modern city is not of much interest in itself, but Xi Hu — the lake around which Hangzhou curls — and its shores still offer wonderful Chinese vistas of trees, hills, flowers, old causeways over the lake, fishing boats, pavilions and pagodas.