湖西

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ sai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fù-sî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ô͘-sai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húsi
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-hsi¹
    • Yale: Hú-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwushi
    • Palladius: Хуси (Xusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ sai¹
    • Yale: wùh sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fù-sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ si²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘-sai
    • Tâi-lô: Ôo-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: osay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴⁻²² sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³⁻²² sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³⁻³³ sai⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 湖西 (Kosai).

Proper noun

湖西

1. (～市) Kosai (a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

湖西

1. (～鄉) Huxi, Husi, Huhsi (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)
2. (～村) Huxi (a rural village in Huxi, Penghu County, Taiwan)

Coordinate terms

• 湖北 (Húběi)
• 湖南 (Húnán)

Descendants

• → English: Huhsi, Husi, Huxi

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
湖	西
こ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こせー [kòséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞se̞ː]

Noun

湖(こ)西(せい) • (kosei) 

1. west of a lake

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
湖	西
こ Grade: 3	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞sa̠i]

Proper noun

湖(こ)西(さい) • (Kosai) 

1. Kosai, Shizuoka