Xi Hu
See also: Xīhú
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Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
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- Synonym of West Lake.
- 2011 March, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Shanghai (Rough Guides)[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 156:
- The modern city is not of much interest in itself, but Xi Hu — the lake around which Hangzhou curls — and its shores still offer wonderful Chinese vistas of trees, hills, flowers, old causeways over the lake, fishing boats, pavilions and pagodas.