Xisha

专有名词
中文释义
发音 shēʹshäʹ

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Synonym of Paracel Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    — If we use a mean monthly temperature ≥ 22°C as an index for the summer season, then there will be summer year round south of the Xisha Archipelago and two distinct seasons (summer and spring-autumn) occur north of it.
  2. A district of Sansha, Hainan, China, which includes Xisha (Paracel Islands) and Zhongsha (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
    — Only last month, China established Xisha District (西沙) on Woody Island (Yongxing Island, 永興島) and Nansha District (南沙) on the reef, both of which fall under Sansha, a prefecture-level city established in 2012.
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词形变化

Hsisha alternative Hsi-sha alternative Sisha alternative

词源

c. mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西沙 (Xīshā, literally “western sand”).
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