Xuhui
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The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徐匯/徐汇 (Xúhuì, literally “Xu Confluence”), a clipping of 徐家匯/徐家汇 (Xújiāhuì, literally “Xu Family Confluence”) in reference to the prominence of the Xu family in the area during the Ming dynasty and the previous junction of several streams and canals in the district's Xujiahui neighborhood.
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Xuhui
- A district of Shanghai, China.
- [1969, John Gardner, “The Wu-fan Campaign in Shanghai: A Study in the Consolidation of Urban Control”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action[1], University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 521:
- Because of the pressures exerted, in some areas it was unnecessary for the ch'ü IPPE committees to take any action at all. For example, in Hsühui ch'ü all the firms which the IPPE Committee had intended to inspect came forward and made voluntary confessions, apologizing for their sins.]
- [1978 December 15 [1978 December 13], “Shanghai Assists Youths Returning from Countryside”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China[2], Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page G 2:
- (Hsinlo) and (Hsuchen) neighborhoods in Hsuhui District, which have offered educational classes for educated youths since September and November, respectively.]
- 2018 June 28, Austin Ramzy, “Shanghai Knife Attack Kills Two Schoolchildren”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-28, Asia Pacific[6]:
- Another boy and a woman were also stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xuhui.
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- (chiefly historical) French Concession
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- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xuhui”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3505, column 3