Siyu
Siyu is the alternative form of Xiyu.
Meaning of Xiyu
Proper noun
Xiyu
- A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.
- In September 1953, Father Antonio Crotti was sent to Magong. Employing resources from the order, Crotti helped construct a fishing harbor on Dacang Islet (大倉島), two residential areas — Huei Ming New Village and Huei Ming Second Village — for the poor in Magong, as well as breakwaters and simple...2020 April 17, Lu Chun-yi [盧俊義], “Donations reflect a charitable past”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2020, Editorials, page 8
- An island of Xiyu, Penghu County, Taiwan.
- Taiwan's first Mazu temple, dating back to the 14th century, can be found here, along with the ancient West Fort Xitai on Xiyu and a wealth of restored houses in the southern Fujian style.2011, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 3rd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192, column 1
Origin of Siyu
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西嶼/西屿 (Xīyǔ) Tongyong Pinyin: Siyǔ.
Questions about Siyu
- What is Siyu the alternative form of?
- Siyu is the alternative form of Xiyu.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Siyu (page history and authors); Xiyu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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