# 西湖
## Chinese

* 西湖 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 西湖 (Cantonese)
* Să̤-hù (Eastern Min)
* Sai-ô͘ (Southern Min)
* 西湖 (Wu)
* West Lake (English)

### Etymology
#### “West Lake (in Hangzhou)”

    From its position relative to nearby Hangzhou.

#### “Xihu District, Hangzhou”

    Named after the West Lake.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xī Hú
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ wu$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-fù
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-ô͘
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$shi-wu$_6$ / $^1$shi-wu$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xī Hú
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Si Hú
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$ Hu$^2$
*** Yale: Syī Hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shi Hwu
*** Palladius: Си Ху (Si Xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ wu$^4$
*** Yale: sāi wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ wuː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ fu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-ô͘
*** Tâi-lô: Se-ôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: se'oo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-wu$_6$
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ wu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xi-hhu$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-wu$_2$
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ wu$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕi³³ ɦu³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sej hu
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /siei/ | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^1$ | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-nˤər [ɡ]ˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːl ɡaː/
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
* West Lake (a lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
* (～區) Xihu (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
* (～郡) Tây Hồ (a district of Hanoi, Vietnam)
* (～鄉) Xihu, Sihu (a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan)
* (～社區) Xihu (a residential community of Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
* (～村) Sihu, Xihu (a rural village in Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan)
* (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; (Hangzhounese) 西子湖

#### Compounds

* 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú)

#### Descendants

* → English: West Lake (calque)