徐家汇

徐家匯

Xújiāhuì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xujiahui (commercial district in Shanghai)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

我们去徐家汇逛街吧。

Wǒmen qù Xújiāhuì guàngjiē ba.

Let's go shopping in Xujiahui.

HSK 6

徐家汇有地铁一号线和九号线。

Xújiāhuì yǒu dìtiě yī hàoxiàn hé jiǔ hàoxiàn.

Xujiahui is served by metro lines 1 and 9.

Tips

history

Named after Ming scholar-official 徐光启 (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