Meanings
- A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
But a police officer in Guma’s Chawda township acknowledged that authorities in Ayup’s nearby home township of Sanju had briefly detained him there at the end of last year.
2018 May 18, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Popular Uyghur Singer’s Whereabouts Unknown, Believed Detained in Xinjiang Re-Education Camp”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 22 May 20182 more examples
As we were to cross this range by the pass leading into Sanju, we continued down the valley to Mazar Badshah Abubekr, 19 miles below Shadula, where the road to the Sanju Pass leaves the Karakash Valley, and ascends up a very confined ravine leading to the pass.
1870, G. W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River”, in Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, volume 40, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 67The Hakim of Guma visited the Mission as it passed through a portion of his district between Sanju and Kargalik. In a present of game sent by him we saw for the first time the "Shaw" pheasant, which to the ordinary eye looks exactly like our own home bird. We heard of ibex on the heights above Sanju, but were unable to go out after them.
1876, Thomas Edward Gordon, The Roof of the World, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, →OCLC, page 36 - A mountain pass in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
The next day we started up toward the pass. The Sanju is a well-known bad pass. There was much bad ice, but for us get good luck over it, by kindly of snow.
1923, Ghulam Rassul Galwan, Aksakal of Leh, Servant of Sahibs, Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., →OCLC, page 2651 more example
As we were to cross this range by the pass leading into Sanju, we continued down the valley to Mazar Badshah Abubekr, 19 miles below Shadula, where the road to the Sanju Pass leaves the Karakash Valley, and ascends up a very confined ravine leading to the pass.
1870, G. W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River”, in Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, volume 40, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
from Mandarin Chinese
Origin
- Uyghurسانجۇ
- EnglishSanju
Borrowed from Uyghur سانجۇ (sanju).
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Chinese Mandarin 桑株
- 桑株 (Sāngzhū)town in Pishan, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
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Cite this entry
Sanju. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanju
“Sanju.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sanju. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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