Meanings
alternative Gueijhou · alternative Gueizhou · alternative Kueichow · alternative Kweichow · alternative Kueichou · alternative Kuei-chou · alternative obsolete Queicheu · alternative obsolete Quicheu · alternative obsolete Kouitchou · alternative obsolete Koeitchoo
- A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
A mudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues.
2019 July 25, “Chinese landslide kills 15, 30 still missing”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2019, News2 more examples
The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie.
2015 June 12, Edward Wong, “Chinese Premier Urges Officials to Fight Events That Led 4 Children to Drink Pesticide”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below.
2016 September 13, Ishaan Tharoor, “The incredible sight of China’s latest record-breaking bridge”, in The Washington Post (WorldViews section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2016
Origin
- Mandarin貴州 /贵州
- EnglishGuizhou
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu).
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Arabic قُويْتْشُو, غُويْجُو
- قُويْتْشُو (quytšū)province of China
- غُويْجُو (ḡuyjū)province of China
Chinese Cantonese 貴州 /贵州
- 貴州 /贵州 (gwai³ zau¹)province of China
Chinese Mandarin 貴州 /贵州
- 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu)province of China
Czech Kuej-čou
- Kuej-čouprovince of China
Esperanto Gŭiĝoŭo, Gŭejĝoŭo
- Gŭiĝoŭoprovince of China
- Gŭejĝoŭoprovince of China
French Guizhou
- Guizhouprovince of China
Greek Κουεϊτσόου
- Κουεϊτσόου (Koueïtsóou)province of China
Hindi गुइझोऊ
- गुइझोऊ (guijhoū)province of China
Hungarian Kujcsou
- Kujcsouprovince of China
Indonesian Guizhou
- Guizhouprovince of China
Japanese 貴州
- 貴州 (Kishū)province of China
Korean 구이저우, 귀주
- 구이저우 (Gu'ijeou)province of China
- 귀주 (Gwiju)province of China
Latvian Guidžou
- Guidžouprovince of China
Lithuanian Guidžou
- Guidžouprovince of China
Polish Kuejczou
- Kuejczouprovince of China
Russian Гуйчжо́у
- Гуйчжо́у (Gujčžóu)province of China
Thai กุ้ยโจว
- กุ้ยโจวprovince of China
Ukrainian Ґуйчжоу
- Ґуйчжоу (Gujčžou)province of China
Vietnamese Quý Châu
- Quý Châuprovince of China
Cite this entry
Guizhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guizhou
“Guizhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guizhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guizhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guizhou.
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