Quzhou
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 衢州 (Qúzhōu).
Pronunciation
- enPR: chü′jō′[2]
- Hyphenation: Qu‧zhou
Proper noun
Quzhou
- A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.
- 2013 July 9, “Pilot of crashed Asiana plane still in Boeing 777 training”, in France 24[3], archived from the original on 11 July 2013[4]:
- The two dead girls, Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, were friends from the Jiangshan Middle School in Quzhou, in the prosperous eastern coastal province of Zhejiang.
- 2021 June 27, Kristin Huang, “Chinese Hui Muslims trigger storm by wearing traditional dress to event to promote ethnic unity”, in South China Morning Post[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2021, Politics[6]:
- The Go tournament – a traditional Chinese board game also known as Weiqi – in Quzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, was designed to promote “participation and communication” among the members of China’s 56 designated ethnic minority groups.
Translations
References
- ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 235: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Quzhou/Ch'ü-chou 28°55′N 118°50′E, […]”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Küchow or Ch’ü-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 987, column 1
Further reading
- “Quzhou”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Quzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2559, column 3