Meanings
alternative Tungchow · alternative T'ung-chou
- A district of Beijing, China.
The centerpiece of the plan will be an administrative center in the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, a historic move that reverses decades of urban planning that wedged government offices into the imperial city center.
2015 July 11, Ian Johnson, “Chinese Officials to Restructure Beijing to Ease Strains on City Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2015, ASIA PACIFIC1 more example
A residential project in the capital city that went on sale in October in the eastern district of Tongzhou offered a 1% discount to buyers if they made down-payments within seven days to one month, a salesperson told Reuters.
2022 January 5, Liangping Gao, Ryan Woo, “Home prices in large Chinese cities show tentative signs of stabilising”, in Ana Nicolaci da Costa, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2022, Asian Markets
Origin
- Mandarin通州
- EnglishTongzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 通州
- 通州district
Chinese Mandarin 通州
- 通州 (Tōngzhōu)district
Japanese 通州
- 通州 (Tsūshū)district
Cite this entry
Tongzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongzhou
“Tongzhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongzhou. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tongzhou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongzhou.
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