Wu-hsi

From Mandarin 無錫／无锡 (Wúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu-hsi.[1][2]

• enPR: wo͞oʹshēʹ

Wu-hsi

1. Alternative form of Wuxi
   • 1976, Charlton M. Lewis, “Literati Antiforeignism: Hunan and the Riots of 1891”, in Prologue to the Chinese Revolution: The Transformation of Ideas and Institutions in Hunan Province, 1891-1907‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:

     More often, the reverse appeared to be the case: government officials were on the scene, but their own antiforeign sentiments prevented their taking action against the rioters, as at Nanking and Wu-hsi.

   • 2005, Rodney Leon Taylor, “Tung-lin Academy”, in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism‎, volume 2, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 637, column 1:

     One of the most famous shu-yüan academies established in China, the Tung-lin Academy was located southeast of the city of Wu-hsi, in Kiangsu province.

   • 2011, Spencer C. Tucker, “Battle of Shanghai”, in Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict‎, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 455:

     Instead of withdrawing to newly built fortifications along the Shanghai-Nanjing (Nanking) railway line at Wuxi (Wu-hsi), the Nationalists fell back on their capital of Nanjing, which became the next Japanese target.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wu-hsi.

• “Wu-hsi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Wu-hsi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Wu-hsi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Wu-hsi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Wu-hsi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

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