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Changshu

Syllables: Chang·shu/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃu/

Changshu proper noun: a county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Proper noun

Changshu

  1. A county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
    • The American Church Mission Hospital at Changshu was formally opened in September.1923 January 13, “Medical News”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 80, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119
    • For example, one report told of how the Changshou County Chemical Fertiliser Plant (in Jiangsu province) was financed.[...]Anecdotal reports such as the one from Changshou County implied that much of the investment funding for small fertiliser plants was raised locally, outside of the state sector.[1991, Christine P. W. Wong, “Central Planning and Local Participation Under Mao: the Development of Country-Run Fertiliser Plants”, in Gordon White, editor, The Chinese State in the Era of Economic...

Examples of Changshu in a sentence

  • Toyota has also opened a technical center in Changshu, east of Nanjing.2013 September 18, Norihiko Shirouzu, Kazunori Takada, “Japanese Carmakers Struggle With History in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
  • The IVFC, which took place in Changshu, Suzhou, China in November 2018, attracted a diverse group of teams looking to showcase their latest developments in AV technology.2019 February 12, “Velodyne Lidar’s Sponsorship of Autonomous Vehicle Competition in China Advances Research and Development of...

Forms of Changshu

alternative formCh'ang-shu
alternative misspellingChanghsu

Origin of Changshu

From Mandarin 常熟 (Chángshú).

Questions about Changshu

What does Changshu mean?
Changshu means a county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
How do you use Changshu in a sentence?
Toyota has also opened a technical center in Changshu, east of Nanjing.
What part of speech is Changshu?
Changshu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Changshu?
Changshu is pronounced /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃu/.

Words near Changshu in the dictionary

  1. Changsha
  2. changshan
  3. Changshanian
  4. changshans
  5. Changshou
  6. Changshu
  7. changsung
  8. Changtai
  9. Changtang
  10. Changteh
  11. Changthang

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