Meanings
- A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
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The Nanshan Port Public Scientific Research Wharf, the first of its kind in China, is now under construction in Yazhou district in Hainan province’s southernmost city of Sanya, according to industry publication China Shipping News. Yazhou is home to Hainan’s largest fishing port, China’s closest harbour to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
2021 November 11, Laura Zhou, “Chinese research wharf being built near largest fishing port on South China Sea”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2021, Diplomacy
Origin
- Mandarin崖州
- EnglishYazhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).
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Chinese Cantonese 崖州
- 崖州 (ngaai⁴ zau¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 崖州
- 崖州 (Yázhōu)district
Cite this entry
Yazhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazhou
“Yazhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yazhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazhou.
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