Huhsi

H4U1H4S1I1

A form of Huxi — A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Huxi.

    An elementary school in Huhsi Township of Peughu County had its annual track and filed event in the morning of May 16, 1999.

    2000 February 25, “An Epidemiological Investigation of a Food Poisoning Outbreak at an Elementary School in Penghu County”, in Epidemiology Bulletin, volume 16, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2022, page 18
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    The occurrence of filariasis in the Pescadores was reported by GOTO & HARAYO (1919). TANAKA (1937) examined 229 Chinese dockyard laborers at Makung Navy Base, and found 27 (16.2%) to be positive for the microfilariae of W. bancrofti. YOKOGAWA et al. (1939) conducted a survey of filariasis in four villages, and found 126 positive cases (7.8 %) out of a total of 1,608 persons examined ; the positive rates according to the villages were 10.8 % in Huhsi, 1 1 .5 % in Kongti, 7.4 % in Watung, and 2.3 % in Hokaito. […]DEMOS et al. (1954) conducted a survey of Huhsi Village, and found 17 (17.7%) of 96 persons examined to be positive for the microfilariae of W. bancrofti.

    1976, Manabu Sasa, “Filariasis in the Asian Region”, in Human Filariasis: A Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control, University of Tokyo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 458

    In Lintou Park located in Lintou Beach, Huhsi, Pescadores, there are animal and bird cages, a playground for children, a curved corridor, stone benches, and a military graveyard, etc. . . . There are also shoals in the neighborhood which offer a scenic spot for touring and sea-bathing.

    Practical Chinese English Encyclopedic Handbook

    1982, 實用中英百科手册 [Practical Chinese English Encyclopedic Handbook], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1176

    The festival has been popular with locals since it began in 2003. This year, in addition to the skies over the Siying Archway Bridge (西瀛虹橋) near the main town of Makung (馬公市), there will be fireworks displays over the Penghu Sea-Crossing Bridge (跨海大橋) in Paisha Township (白沙鄉) and the Kuanri Recreational Area (觀日遊憩區) in Huhsi Township (湖西鄉).

    2008 May 9, “Get a bang out of Penghu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2008, Features, page 15

    Penghu County includes almost 100 islands (only a quarter of which are inhabited), but there’s plenty to see and do on the main archipelago where four interconnected islands collectively form a horseshoe containing the townships of Makung, Huhsi, Paisha and Hsiyu.

    2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Taiwan, 9th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 298, column 2

    Penghu County has five townships and one city. Magong City and the land part of Huhsi Township are collectively known as the island of Penghu with an area of approximately 65.41 square kilometers (Penghu County Government, 2009).

    2016 December, Shyi-Liang Yu, Ying-Chien Chu, Huei-Min Tsai, “Environmental changes and building resilient community in Penghu Islands”, in Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, volume 5, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2019, page 127, column 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin湖西
  2. EnglishHuhsi

Borrowed from Mandarin 湖西 (Húxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Hu²-hsi¹.

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APA

Huhsi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huhsi

MLA

“Huhsi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huhsi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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