Zhe Jiang

A form of Zhejiang — A coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zhejiang.

    XIAOLU GUO was born in the Zhe Jiang province of southern China. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy, she wrote several books published in China.

    2007, Xiaolu Guo, “A Note About the Author”, in A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 287
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    In the Wen Zhou City Hospital in Zhe Jiang Province, there is a seventy-four-year-old doctor of Chinese medicine called Lin Hung Da. When he wants to, he can jump up from the ground and suspend himself in the air with only his hands touching a wall.

    1984, Paul Dong, The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 167

    Religious faith is stronger in rural areas, she said, as she recalled how her grandparents in the Zhe Jiang Province, one of the richest in China, made their own bean curd by hand with a mill and cooked on a medieval stove.

    1999, Robin Robertson, Jon Robertson, The Sacred Kitchen, Novato, CA: New World Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 106

    Chinese physicians have taken an interest in the ability of green tea extract to assist with the health problems associated with chronic renal failure. After treating twenty-five patients with this condition, physicians at the First People’s Hospital of Xiao Shan City in the Zhe Jiang Province of China reported very promising results.

    2008, Lester A. Mitscher, Victoria Dolby Toews, The Green Tea Book: The Science-Backed "Miracle Cure", →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng).

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