徐家汇

徐家匯

Xújiāhuì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xujiahui (commercial district in Shanghai)

Characters

Examples

我们去徐家汇逛街吧。

Wǒmen qù Xújiāhuì guàngjiē ba.

Let's go shopping in Xujiahui.

徐家汇有地铁一号线和九号线。

Xújiāhuì yǒu dìtiě yī hào xiàn hé jiǔ hào xiàn.

Xujiahui is served by metro lines 1 and 9.

Tips

history

Named after Ming scholar-official 徐光启 (Xu Guangqi, 1562-1633), a Jesuit convert who translated Euclid with Matteo Ricci and whose family settled here. The Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral (est. 1906) still anchors the area, now a major Puxi shopping hub.

Stroke Order

徐 xú

家 jiā

汇 huì