Xihu

Xi·hu
X8I1H4U1

proper noun

A district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

Xihu1

proper noun

alternative Hsihu · alternative Sihu

  1. A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.

Xihu2

proper noun
  1. 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
  2. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Xihu · proper noun

  1. Mandarin西湖
  2. EnglishXihu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).

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Xihu · proper noun

  1. Mandarin溪湖
  2. EnglishXihu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú).

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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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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