Sishui

See also: sǐshuǐ

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗水 (Sìshuǐ).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sûʹshwāʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Si‧shui

Proper noun

Sishui

  1. A county of Jining, Shandong, China.
    • 2015 October 5, Jordan G. Teicher, “Haunting portraits of China’s surviving war veterans”, in The Washington Post‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2015, In Sight‎[3]:
      He joined the No. 17 Regiment, No. 4 Corps where he was in the transportation unit. In Sishui in China’s Shandong province, he ambushed two Japanese transportation vehicles, seized more than 10 rifles and one light machine gun.
Translations

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Szeshui or Ssu-shui”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1859, column 2

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Sishui

  1. Alternative spelling of Xishui.
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