Changzhou

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/t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ//t͡ʃɒŋ-/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.

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Meanings

Changzhou1

proper noun

alternative Ch'ang-chou · alternative Changchow

  1. A prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.

    Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.

    [1981, Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, in Marxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence of Ch’ü Ch’iu-pai, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1
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    The Cultural Revolution paved the way for the full implementation of Chairman Mao’s whole set of principles of ‘walking on two legs’, and in the fair one saw many of the advanced industrial products on display which were actually manufactured by medium-sized and small enterprises. A precision self-balancing capacitor bridge was, for example, made by a small plant in Changchou, a small railway town in Kiangsu Province.

    [1970, Tsung-ying Lee, “EASTERN DIARY”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IX, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2

    In a brief announcement late last week, the Changzhou city government said that investigators had concluded that the air, soil and water at the school were safe after conducting tests from April 19 to May 20.

    2016 August 31, Kiki Zhao, “Chinese School With Mass Illness Is Deemed Safe, but Many Doubt Findings”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2016, Asia Pacific

    Synonyms: Wutsin

Changzhou2

proper noun

alternative Ch'ang-chou · alternative Changchow

  1. A district of Wuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.

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Origin

Changzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin常州
  2. EnglishChangzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu).

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Changzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin長洲 /长洲
  2. EnglishChangzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長洲 /长洲 (Chángzhōu).

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Translations

Arabic تْشَانْغْجُو
  • تْشَانْغْجُو (tšanḡjū)a city of China
Chinese Cantonese 常州
  • 常州 (soeng⁴ zau¹)a city of China
Chinese Mandarin 常州
  • 常州 (Chángzhōu)a city of China
Hungarian Csangcsou
  • Csangcsoua city of China
Japanese 常州
  • 常州 (Jōshū)a city of China
Korean 창저우
  • 창저우 (Changjeou)a city of China
Russian Чанчжо́у
  • Чанчжо́у (Čančžóu)a city of China
Vietnamese Thường Châu
  • Thường Châua city of China
Cite this entry
APA

Changzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changzhou

MLA

“Changzhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changzhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Changzhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changzhou.

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