Meanings
Xinzhou1
alternative Hsin-chou
- A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
1 more example
Like many gay Chinese growing up at the turn of the millennium, Duan Shuai began his long, deliberate process of coming out online. After school, he would visit the newly opened internet cafe in his hometown, Xinzhou, a small city in Shanxi Province bounded by a veil of mountains.[…] When Duan opens up the app anywhere in the country, be it in Beijing’s bustling commercial district Sanlitun or back in Xinzhou, he’ll find an endless scroll of users: cosmopolitan yuppies dressed in drag, rural blue-collar workers with faceless profiles.
2020 March 5, Yi-Ling Liu, “How a Dating App Helped a Generation of Chinese Come Out of the Closet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2020, Feature
Xinzhou2
alternative Hsin-chou
- A district of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.
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The vague wording of the Xinzhou district government’s statement Saturday, which said workers had “decontaminated” the animal though there was no indication it had been infected with the coronavirus, helped fuel the outcry. The pet’s owner or owners could not be reached for comment. According to an account on the Twitter-like platform Weibo that first shared the video, the owners had been sent to hotel quarantine along with other residents of their neighborhood in the city of Shangrao, in Jiangxi Province.
2021 November 14, Austin Ramzy, “A video of decontamination workers clubbing a pet corgi stirs anger in China.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2021, Asia Pacific
Xinzhou3
Origin
Xinzhou · proper noun
- Mandarin忻州
- EnglishXinzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 忻州 (Xīnzhōu).
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Full word history & related roots →Xinzhou · proper noun
- Mandarin信州
- EnglishXinzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 信州 (Xìnzhōu).
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Full word history & related roots →Xinzhou · proper noun
- Mandarin新洲
- EnglishXinzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新洲 (Xīnzhōu).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 忻州, 新洲
- 忻州 (jan¹ zau¹)city in Shanxi, China
- 新洲 (san¹ zau¹)district in Hubei, China
Chinese Mandarin 忻州, 信州
- 忻州 (Xīnzhōu)city in Shanxi, China
- 信州 (Xìnzhōu)district
- 新洲 (Xīnzhōu)district in Hubei, China
Cite this entry
Xinzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinzhou
“Xinzhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinzhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Xinzhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xinzhou.
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