Wu-hu
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 蕪湖/芜湖 (Wúhú), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu²-hu².[1]
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: wo͞oʹho͞oʹ
Proper noun
editWu-hu
- Alternative form of Wuhu
- 1865, John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes[1], London: John Murray, →OCLC, pages 178–179:
- On the 30th October the strength of the stream and the want of wind obliged us to stop at Wu-hu, a very considerable town about ten miles above the "Pillar Hocks," and dependent upon Taeping....Quitting Wu-hu on the 31st October, we started with a north-west wind,
- 1939, Virginia Holton, The Beeps[2], New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 133:
- As my husband's ship stopped for a day or two at Kiu-kiang, Anking, and Wu-hu, enroute to Nanking, I arrived three days before his ship anchored off the bund.
Translations
editWuhu — see Wuhu
References
edit- ^ Wuhu, Wade-Giles romanization Wu-hu, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
edit- “Wu-hu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.