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Chi-chou

Chi-chou is the alternative form of Jizhou.

Meaning of Jizhou

Proper noun (1)

Jizhou

  1. A district of Tianjin, China.
    • Subsequently, however, the Russians did proceed beyond Shanhaikwan and captured the towns of Chichou and Hsin Min. I also heard, after my arrival at Lü Shun (Port Arthur) that the Russians had dispatched forces in various directions eastwards, and had sent communications to the local officials...[1901, Great Britain Foreign Office Correspondence on China, 1872-1904, volume 4, →OCLC, page 73

Proper noun (2)

Jizhou

  1. Synonym of Jeju: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • The Yellow Sea, east of the Bohai Strait, extends from the mouth of the Yalü River in the north to a line running from the north bank of Changjiang estuary to Korea’s Jizhou Island in the south. The flat seabed provides ideal conditions for trawling.1990 August, Paul K.I. Chao, “Husbandry, Forestry and Fishery”, in The Changing Geography of China: A Synoptic View, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203
    Synonyms:
    Jeju

Origin of Chi-chou

From Mandarin 濟州 /济州 (Jǐzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chi⁴-chou¹.

Questions about Chi-chou

What is Chi-chou the alternative form of?
Chi-chou is the alternative form of Jizhou.

Words near Chi-chou in the dictionary

  1. chi kung
  2. Chi-an
  3. chi-by-eye
  4. chi-chi
  5. chi-ching
  6. Chi-chou
  7. Chi-hsi
  8. chi-ike
  9. chi-iked
  10. chi-ikes
  11. chi-iking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chi-chou (page history and authors); Jizhou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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