Tsao-chuang

A form of Zaozhuang — A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zaozhuang.

    The mining development at Tsao-chuang is one of the largest and most mechanized in China.

    1964, “SHANTUNG”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 20, →OCLC, page 472
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    In 1969, two peasants from Tsao-chuang in Shantung province unearthed the official seal of Han Linerh, a leader of the Red Kerchief rebels formed in 1368 during the peasants’ revolt, before the fall of the Yuan dynasty.

    1972 December, Hsiao Wen, “China's new discoveries of ancient treasures”, in The UNESCO Courier, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18

    Then in early January 1947, Communist units retreating from northern Kiangsu joined with others from central Shantung to counter-attack their pursuers at Tsao-chuang in southern Shantung.

    1986, John K. Fairbank, Albert Feuerwerker, The Cambridge History of China, volume 13, Cambridge University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 768

Origin

  1. Mandarin棗莊 /枣庄
  2. EnglishTsao-chuang

From Mandarin 棗莊 /枣庄 (Zǎozhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsao³-chuang¹.

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