西湖

Chinese

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

Etymology

From Chinese 西 ("west") + 湖 ("lake"), from its position relative to nearby Hangzhou

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xī Hú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄏㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xī Hú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shi Hwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

Proper noun

西湖

West Lake, a lake near Hangzhou, Zhejiang, in China
(～郡) Tây Hồ District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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