Wu Huとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mandarin 蕪湖／芜湖 (Wúhú), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu²-hu².^[1]

発音

• enPR: wo͞oʹho͞oʹ

固有名詞

Wu-hu

1. Alternative form of Wuhu
   • 1865, John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes‎^[1], London: John Murray, OCLC 4802347, 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 2892468, 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.

参照

別の表記

• (from Wade–Giles) Wu-hu

語源

Borrowed from Mandarin 蕪湖／芜湖 (Wúhú).

発音

• enPR: wo͞oʹho͞oʹ
• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːhuː/
• 韻: -uː

固有名詞

Wuhu

1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui, China.
   • 1973 June 17, “Attempt on Maoist leader in Shanghai”, in Free China Weekly‎^[1], volume XIV, number 23, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     The report said the investigation has extended to Wuhu, in Anhwei Province, and Hangchow in Chekiang Province.

   • 2022 April 19, Chris Buckley, “China’s Covid shutdowns go far beyond Shanghai.”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-19, World‎^[3]:

     Inhabitants of the urban districts of Wuhu in Anhui Province awoke on Sunday morning to official orders to stay at home and get tested — daily — until the government decides that it has stamped out cases of the Omicron variant, which is straining China’s “zero Covid” policy to its limits.
     The Wuhu government said it took the drastic step after one school student tested positive. Despite the stay-at-home command, many in Wuhu rushed out to stock up on food before the restrictions took full force, videos and pictures online show.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wuhu.

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuhu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 2
• Wuhu, Wu-hu at Google Ngram Viewer