Fujhou

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A form of Fuzhou — A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Fuzhou.

    1887 Guangsyu Year 13 The government begins to build railways. Undersea telegraph cables are laid between Taiwan and Fujhou, Fujian Province.

    Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History

    2005, Wu Mi-cha, editor, 台湾史10講 [Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95
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    After boarding a different plane in Hong Kong, we finally arrived in Fujhou one and a half hours later.[…] He said he was fortunate to get sick in his hometown, Fujhou. If he had gotten sick in Hangjhou, which was to be his second stop in China, he probably would not have made it. In Fujhou, he knew many high officials in the Department of Health and one of the leading cardiologists was his high school classmate.

    2007, A Girl From Shanghai: The Story of Lillian Hsu, a Medical Geneticist, a NTU Medical College Alumna, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 254

    Mae, born in Fujhou in the Fujian Province in China, and her daughter Michelle, born in the United States, both have high values on quantitative measures of cultural socialization.

    2008, “How to Catch a Moonbeam: A Mixed-methods Approach to Understanding Ethnic Socialization Processes in Ethnically Diverse Families”, in Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 239

    In the Cing Dynasty, when Taiwanese scholars advanced to the second tier of the imperial examination (township examination), they needed to travel to the Examination Hall in Fujhou, the capital of Fujian Province, to take the exam.

    Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government

    2017 October, “Fongyi Academy”, in PASS CULTURE Kaohsiung Arts and Cultural Events Monthly, 高雄市政府文化局 [Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government], archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023, page 1

    In a comparison of Thomson’s photobooks Views on the North River and Foochow and the River Min with Lai Afong’s and Tung Hing’s photographic journeys between Fujhou and the treaty ports, Lee investigates Thomson’s attempt to grapple with a distinctive Chinese point of view that he could see existed but that he could not fully understand.

    2020 February 7, Beth Saunders, “The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China”, in CAA Reviews, →DOI, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2020

    Traditional Fujhou-style Steamed Bun Gua Bao has fillings, which consists of pig tongue, meat, and skin, marinated with red yeast, giving it its signature red color, different from the common filling marinated with soy sauce.

    West Central District Office, Tainan City

    2020 February 15 [2020 February 14], “阿松割包 [Asong Steamed Bun Gua Bao]”, in 臺南市中西區公所 [West Central District Office, Tainan City], archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023, (Chinese Version)

Origin

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福州 (Fúzhōu) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Fújhou.

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