Meanings
Xihu1
Xihu2
- A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
For the small factories, the cleanup of Benxi caused economic hardship including closure or production restrictions. The Xihu District EPB director, Mrs. Gao, talked about their predicament:[…]
2006, Liu Yu, Pan Wei, Shen Mingming, Song Guojun, Vivian Bertrand, Mary Child, Judith Shapiro, “The Politics and Ethics of Going Green in China: Air Pollution Control in Benxi City and Wetland Preservation in the Sanjiang Plain”, in Joanne Bauer, editor, Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Xihu · proper noun
- Mandarin西湖
- EnglishXihu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Xihu · proper noun
- Mandarin溪湖
- EnglishXihu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 西湖, 溪湖
- 西湖 (sai¹ wu⁴)rural township
- 溪湖 (kai¹ wu⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 西湖, 溪湖
- 西湖 (Xī Hú)rural township
- 溪湖 (Xīhú)district
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Xihu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xihu
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