Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Wenzhou.
At the time of his death, my father was on a trip to Wenchou, a town close to Shanghai. Being a businessman, he was often out at night entertaining clients.
2007, Veronica Li, “Eating Bitter Squash”, in Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman's Search for Home, First American edition, Paramus, NJ: Homa & Sekey Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11 more example
Our chauffeur Chu had waited an extra day for us. Things were getting tough, he said, this would probably be his last trip to Chekiang. There was heavy fighting around Mingpo, and Wenchou was about to be blockaded.
1981, Jean Ewen, chapter 12, in China Nurse 1932-1939, McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 159
Origin
- Mandarin溫州 /温州
- EnglishWenchou
From Mandarin 溫州 /温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.
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