Zikawei

Proper noun

Zikawei

1. (obsolete) Synonym of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
   • The Bishop was allowed to say daily Mass, and the others to receive Holy Communion sometimes, but no more than that. Some of these were singled out as "Communists" and shot or tortured. One of the latter is now a theologian here at Zikawei.1945 December, Eugene E. Fahy, “China War Diary”, in Woodstock Letters, volume LXXIV, number 4, →OCLC, page 288
   • Tou Se Wei was actually the name of a second village south of Zikawei. A publishing house, another convent, and a collection of orphanages for boys and girls were located here. Although most of the Zikawei buildings have survived, almost all the Tou Se Wei buildings have been destroyed.2004, Eric N Danielson, Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, volume 1, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 136

   Synonyms:

   Xujiahui

2. (obsolete) Synonym of Xuhui, the larger district of Shanghai, China, surrounding Xujiahui.

   Synonyms:

   Xuhui