西湖

Chinese

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

Etymology

“West Lake (in Hangzhou)”
From its position relative to nearby Hangzhou.
“Xihu District, Hangzhou”
Named after the West Lake.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (33)
Final () (39) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter sej hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/ /ɦuo/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/ /ɦuo/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/ /ɣo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/ /ɦɔ/
Li
Rong
/sei/ /ɣo/
Wang
Li
/siei/ /ɣu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/ /ɣuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1 wu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej › ‹ hu ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-nˁər/ /*[ɡ]ˁa/
English west lake

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 西
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 4247
Phonetic
component
西
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːl/ /*ɡaː/

Proper noun

西湖

  1. West Lake (a lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
  2. () Xihu (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
  3. () Tây Hồ (a district of Hanoi, Vietnam)
  4. () Xihu, Sihu (a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan)
  5. (社區) Xihu (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  6. () Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
  7. (inexact) Synonym of 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú), Slender West Lake (a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

  • (lake near Hangzhou): (Pre-Tang) 武林水, 明聖湖明圣湖, 金中湖, 錢塘湖钱塘湖

Compounds

Descendants

  • English: West Lake
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