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Xuhui

Syllables: Xu·hui/ʃuːhweɪ/

Xuhui proper noun: a district of Shanghai, China.

xuhui: a district of Shanghai, China
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Proper noun

Xuhui

  1. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • Because of the pressures exerted, in some areas it was unnecessary for the ch'ü IPPE committees to take any action at all. For example, in Hsühui ch'ü all the firms which the IPPE Committee had intended to inspect came forward and made voluntary confessions, apologizing for their sins.[1969, John Gardner, “The Wu-fan Campaign in Shanghai: A Study in the Consolidation of Urban Control”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action, University of Washington...
    • (Hsinlo) and (Hsuchen) neighborhoods in Hsuhui District, which have offered educational classes for educated youths since September and November, respectively, have recently invited returning educated youths to attend these classes free of charge.[1978 December 15 [1978 December 13], “Shanghai Assists Youths Returning from Countryside”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 242, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    Synonyms:
    French Concession, Siccawei, Zikawei, Ziccawei

Examples of Xuhui in a sentence

  • According to a report from Xuhui District, over 40 of its intersections are blocked.2018 [1989 June], Rongji Zhu, “Get Organized and Maintain Shanghai's Stability”, in Zhu Rongji on the Record: The Shanghai Years...
  • Another boy and a woman were also stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai.2018 June 28, Austin Ramzy, “Shanghai Knife Attack Kills Two Schoolchildren”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Synonyms of Xuhui

Forms of Xuhui

alternative formHsu-hui

Origin of Xuhui

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徐匯 /徐汇 (Xúhuì, literally “Xu Confluence”), a clipping of 徐家匯 /徐家汇 (Xújiāhuì, literally “Xu Family Confluence”) in reference to the prominence of the Xu family in the area during the Ming dynasty and the previous junction of several streams and canals in the district's Xujiahui neighborhood.

Questions about Xuhui

What does Xuhui mean?
Xuhui means a district of Shanghai, China.
How do you use Xuhui in a sentence?
According to a report from Xuhui District, over 40 of its intersections are blocked.
What part of speech is Xuhui?
Xuhui is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Xuhui?
Xuhui is pronounced /ʃuːhweɪ/.

Words near Xuhui in the dictionary

  1. Xuereb
  2. Xues
  3. Xueshan
  4. Xueta
  5. Xuetes
  6. Xuhui
  7. xuixo
  8. xuixos
  9. Xujiahui
  10. XUL
  11. Xumi

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