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Chou-shan

Chou-shan is the alternative form of Zhoushan.

Meaning of Zhoushan

Proper noun

Zhoushan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.
    • The Choushan Archipelago of Chekiang, visited by both the cold and warm currents, is rich in fishes of cold- and warm-water origin which come in search of the nutritious food washed down by the Yangtse and Chientang waters. Choushan is now China’s biggest fishing ground.[1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], “Seas”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 46

Origin of Chou-shan

From Mandarin 舟山 (Zhōushān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chou¹-shan¹.

Questions about Chou-shan

What is Chou-shan the alternative form of?
Chou-shan is the alternative form of Zhoushan.

Words near Chou-shan in the dictionary

  1. chou moellier
  2. chou pastries
  3. chou pastry
  4. Chou-chih
  5. Chou-k'ou-tien
  6. Chou-shan
  7. Chouan
  8. Chouans
  9. Choubey
  10. Choucair
  11. chouchou

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chou-shan (page history and authors); Zhoushan (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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