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Taizhou

Syllables: Tai·zhou/taɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Taizhou proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.

Proper noun (1)

Taizhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.
    • Another kind mentioned in the Pêntsao is 天竺桂 (T‘ien-chu-kuei). Porter Smith, on the supposition that the first two characters meant India, identified this with Cinnamomum tamala. But Li Shih-chen says that it is so named from a place called T‘ien-chu, in the prefecture of Taichou, Chekiang, where...[1911, “Vegetable Kingdom”, in Chinese Materia Medica, →OCLC, page 109
    • On Friday, congregants at the Wenling Church in the city of Taizhou faced off with as many as 4,000 police officers but failed to prevent the removal of two crosses from atop their building.[…]
    • One of the two crosses that were removed on Friday from the Wenling Church in Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China.[…]
    • At the Wenling Church in Taizhou, congregants said hundreds of Christians sang hymns at daybreak on Friday as the riot police surrounded the church, which is anchored by a distinctive clock tower capped by a bright red cross.2014 July 28, Andrew Jacobs, “China Removes Crosses From Two More Churches in Crackdown”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2014, Asia Pacific

Proper noun (2)

Taizhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
    • In eastern Jiangsu province anxious investors gathered on Wednesday morning outside company offices in Taizhou city, while similar protests have been reported in Anhui and unpaid workers have demanded their wages in Ezhou city, Hubei.2021 September 15, “China's embattled Evergrande tries to pay bills with parking spots”, in France 24, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2021

Forms of Taizhou

alternative formTaichow
alternative formT'ai-chou

Origin of Taizhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台州 (Tāizhōu).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu).

Questions about Taizhou

What does Taizhou mean?
Taizhou means a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.
What part of speech is Taizhou?
Taizhou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Taizhou?
Taizhou is pronounced /taɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/.

Words near Taizhou in the dictionary

  1. Taiyeh Lake
  2. Taiyeh Pond
  3. Taiyuan
  4. Taiz
  5. Taizhong
  6. Taizhou
  7. Taizé
  8. taj
  9. Taj Mahal
  10. Taj.
  11. tajassu

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