Huangzhou

Huang·zhou
H4U1A1N1G2Z10H4O1U1

proper noun

A district of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hwangchow · alternative obsolete Hoang-tcheou · alternative Huang-chou

  1. A district of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

    Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.

    [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14
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    The City Hoangcheu lieth on the Northern Bank of the River Kiang, which paſſeth under the Walls, by means whereof they drive a great Trade, and have abundance of Shipping.

    [1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 519

    The Eighth City, Whang-chew-few. THE Situation of this City on the Yang-tſe-kyang, its ſmall Diſtance from the Capital, and the Number of Lakes wherewith it is ſurrounded, renders it a delightful Habitation.

    [1738, “PROVINCE VI. HU-QUANG.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 100

    On the afternoon of 22 August, the office cadres directly subordinate to Huangkang Prefecture, the masses on the industry, agriculture, commerce, culture and education fronts and the armymen of Huangchou County and (Chouyuan) commune solemnly rallied at the prefectural people's stadium to mark the victorious 11th party congress and first plenum of the 11th CCP Central Committee.

    [1977 August 24 [1977 August 23], “Hupeh Municipalities, Prefectures”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 164, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hupeh Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page H 4

    When Su Dongbo’s trial ended, Emperor Shenzong rejected demands for the death penalty but sentenced Su to exile in Huangzhou, near present-day Wuhan.

    1988, Frank Ching, “Qin Guan: The Romantic Poet”, in Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48

    The middle, most common, kind, was known as “anzhi,” or “peaceably established.” It was used against the poet and official Su Shi, who was found guilty of “great irreverence” for publishing poems critical of government policies in 1079 and sentenced to two years of village arrest in Huangzhou on the Yangzi River.

    2011 March 9, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Out of Jail in China, but Not Free”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2017, Asia Pacific

Origin

  1. Mandarin黃州 /黄州
  2. EnglishHuangzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃州 /黄州 (Huángzhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 黃州 /黄州
  • 黃州 /黄州 (wong⁴ zau¹)district in central China
Chinese Mandarin 黃州 /黄州
  • 黃州 /黄州 (Huángzhōu)district in central China
Polish Huangzhou
  • Huangzhoudistrict in central China
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