# Sihu
## English
### Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 四湖 (Sìhú).

#### Proper noun

Sihu
* Alternative form of Sihhu (Yunlin County, Taiwan).
** 2015 January 13, “Hundreds of geese carcasses dumped in Yunlin amid bird flu scares”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on November 09, 2024, Society‎:Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were left scared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country.
** 2018 August 24, Jake Chen, “雲林沿海雨勢驚人 口湖.四湖多處淹水 [Yunlin Saw Heavy Rainfall, Multiple Townships Flooded]”, in Public Television Service‎, archived from the original on 25 August 2018‎:Yunlin County also suffered from heavy rains. The County's Kouhu and Sihu Township in the coastal area saw water flooding in multiple areas.
** 2023 July 4, Keoni Everington, “2-meter-tall 'gorilla' dances at Taiwan temple”, in Taiwan News‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-04, Culture‎:On Sunday morning (July 2), the Sihu Cantian Temple in Yunlin County's Sihu Township featured numerous performances by yizhen (藝陣), temple-based folk art performance troupes.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sihu.

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Sihú.

#### Proper noun

Sihu
* Alternative form of Xihu (Miaoli County, Taiwan).
** 2013 August 17, Loa Iok-sin, “More than 1,000 gather for Miaoli rally”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 18, 2023, Front Page, page 1‎:Li Teng-hsin (黎登鑫), a college professor from Miaoli County’s Sihu Township (西湖), said Liu was forcibly appropriating farmland. “Liu always insists that he is acting according to the law, but no law enjoys a higher status than the Constitution, which protects people’s right to survival,” Li said. “Farmland is the most important thing on which farmers depend for a living.”
** 2013 September 6, Hsieh Wen-hua, “Shelter workshops offer unique gifts”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 13, 2020, Taiwan News, page 5‎:Chiu Jung-hsin (邱榮炘), founder of Hwa Yen Development Center in Miaoli County’s Sihu Township (西湖), runs craft and carpentry classes for 60 people who are mentally challenged or have autism.
** 2019 March 28, Chang Hsun-teng, Jonathan Chin, “Miaoli’s Sihu to host Pomelo Flower Festival”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 28, 2019, Taiwan News, page 4‎:Miaoli County’s Sihu Township (西湖) is to host the Pomelo Flower Festival on Saturday and Sunday. More pomeloes are grown in Sihu’s 130 hectares than anywhere else in the county, an achievement it celebrates every year during the plant’s flowering season, Sihu Township Mayor Kao A-tzu (高阿賜) said.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sihu.

#### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 西湖鄉 / Xihu / Xīhú / Sihu / Hsihu”

### Etymology 3

From Mandarin 溪湖 (Xīhú), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Sihú.

#### Proper noun

Sihu
* Alternative form of Xihu (Changhua County, Taiwan).

#### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 溪湖鎮 / Xihu / Xīhú / Sihu / Hsihu”