Meanings
- A county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
Mr. Qi was originally detained after he wrote a series of articles in the state-run media detailing corruption among local party officials in the city of Tengzhou.
2011 July 29, Andrew Jacobs, “China Jails Journalist Who Reported on Corruption”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2012, ASIA PACIFIC1 more example
Zhang Shijun’s letter issued earlier this month urged Chinese president Hu Jintao to “use his wisdom” to officially reassess the “June Fourth tragedy, the event in China’s recent history that causes bitter weeping and choking back tears.” He was taken away by police from his home in Tengzhou, Shandong province, around 2 a.m. on Friday, the Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch group said.
2009 March 20, Lucy Hornby, “Soldier who spoke on Tiananmen detained: rights group”, in Jerry Norton, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022, World NewsSynonyms: Teng County
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
Origin
- Mandarin滕州
- EnglishTengzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滕州 (Téngzhōu).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 滕州
- 滕州county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 滕州
- 滕州 (Téngzhōu)county-level city
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Tengzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tengzhou
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