Etymology

Xiyu

X8I1Y4U1

Today it means: A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. Full definition →

Mandarin 西嶼
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from西嶼
  2. English todayXiyu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西嶼 (Xīyǔ).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.