Zizhou

Syllables: Zi·zhou/ˌ(d)zɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Zizhou proper noun: a county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Zizhou

A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
- In Tzuchou County over 60 small coal mines are now in production.[1970, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly supplement, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8
- Tzuchou County Revolutionary Committee and people's armed forces department have made big efforts to develop broadcasting.[1971 May 4 [1971 April 30], Tzuchou County Revolutionary Committee, quotee, “Display the Yenan Spirit and Run Broadcasting Well”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, volume I, number 86...

I had planned to go to Zizhou, the county where Mr.2004, Ian Johnson, Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
A prominent example of such action took place in the villages in Zizhou County, a drought-prone area several hundred miles north of Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, Mao’s revolutionary base area.2012, Merle Goldman, From Comrade to Citizen: the Struggle for Political Rights in China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC...

alternative form	Tzu-chou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 子洲 (Zǐzhōu, literally “Zizhou, name of 李子洲 (Li Zizhou)”).

What does Zizhou mean?: Zizhou means a county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
How do you use Zizhou in a sentence?: I had planned to go to Zizhou, the county where Mr.
What part of speech is Zizhou?: Zizhou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zizhou?: Zizhou is pronounced /ˌ(d)zɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/.

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