西湖

Chinese
west lake
trad. (西湖) 西 湖
simp. #(西湖) 西 湖
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 湖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 先稽切 戸吳切
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		 xī hú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sai1 wu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 西 湖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī hú
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 湖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13236 4247
Phonetic
component		 西 古
Rime
group		 微 魚
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 西 胡
Old
Chinese		 /*sɯːl/ /*ɡaː/

Proper noun

西湖

  1. West Lake (a lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
  2. (～區) Xihu (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
  3. (～郡) Tây Hồ (a district of Hanoi, Vietnam)
  4. (～鄉) Xihu, Sihu (a rural township in Miaoli, Taiwan)
  5. (～社區) Xihu (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  6. (～村) Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu, Taiwan)

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

Descendants
  • → English: West Lake
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