Dezhou

De·zhou
D2E1Z10H4O1U1

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Te-chou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.

    In addition, two model reading centres have been identified: one in Dezhou in Shandong Province and the other in Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.

    2007, “Reading Promotion in China”, in Bookbird, volume 45, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026, page 58
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    In the winter of 1866-7 Messrs. Stanley and Williams made a tour to Têchou, Shantung, about 160 miles to the south, and later Messrs. Stanley and Goodrich made the same trip.

    [1907, “American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. A. B. C. F. M. (美國公理會), 1810.”, in D. MacGillivray, editor, A Century of Protestant Missions in China (1807-1907) Being the Centenary Conference Historical Volume, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, page 269

    A driving teacher in China is using an unorthodox method to get his students to drive with more care. He calls it the “fatal blow” method. Basically, students have to manoeuvre the car with skill or risk crushing their smartphones... or those of their classmates. An amateur video documenting this unique technique was posted on April 10 on the Beijing Time YouTube channel. It was filmed at “Jade horse” driving school in Dezhou, a town located 300 kilometres south of Beijing in China’s Shandong province.

    2018 April 18, “Chinese driving school makes students put phones on line”, in France 24, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2018

Origin

  1. Mandarin德州
  2. EnglishDezhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德州 (Dézhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 德州
  • 德州 (dak¹ zau¹)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 德州
  • 德州 (Dézhōu)prefecture-level city
Cite this entry
APA

Dezhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dezhou

MLA

“Dezhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dezhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dezhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dezhou.

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