Huizhou

alternative Hui-chou

1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.

   Whenever Ch'en Chiung-ming, still at large in the East River uplands, would move on Canton, Liu and Yang would requisition from Sun a sum of 10,000 silver yuan* for the defense of Canton, or C$100,000 to force Ch'en back up the East River to Huichou.

   [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “Building the Model”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6

   Synonyms: Waichow

alternative Hui-chou

1. historicalA region in modern-day Anhui, in southeastern China.

   ANHUI 安徽 a province whose name is derived from its two chief prefectures, An-chʻing and Hui-chou.

   [1917, Samuel Couling, “ANHUI”, in The Encyclopaedia Sinica, London: Oxford University Press, page 28, column 1

   1 more example

   Xidi, a village in China’s Huizhou region of Anhui Province, dates back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

   2012 March 29, Gilles Sabrie, “In Rural China, a Preserved Dynastic Village”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2012

alternative Hui-chou

1. uncountableA group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.