Huizhou

See also: Huīzhōu and Huìzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Hui-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 惠州 (Huìzhōu).

Proper noun

Huizhou

1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.
   • [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “Building the Model”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928‎^[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6:

     Whenever Ch'en Chiung-ming, still at large in the East River uplands, would move on Canton, Liu and Yang would requisition from Sun a sum of 10,000 silver yuan* for the defense of Canton, or C$100,000 to force Ch'en back up the East River to Huichou.]

Alternative forms

• Waichow (Postal Romanization)

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: خُويْجُو m (ḵuyjū), هُويْجُو m (huyjū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 惠州 (wai⁶ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 惠州 (zh) (Huìzhōu)

• Hungarian: Hujcsou (hu)
• Japanese: 惠州 (けいしゅう, Keishū)
• Korean: 후이저우 (Hu'ijeou)
• Macedonian: Ху́иџоу n (Húidžou)
• Russian: Хуэйчжо́у m (Xuejčžóu), Хуйчжо́у m (Xujčžóu)
• Vietnamese: Huệ Châu

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huizhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1330, column 2

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

Proper noun

Huizhou

1. (historical) A region in modern-day Anhui, in southeastern China.
   • 2012 March 29, Gilles Sabrie, “In Rural China, a Preserved Dynastic Village”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2012‎^[5]:

     Xidi, a village in China’s Huizhou region of Anhui Province, dates back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Translations

region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徽州 (zh) (Huīzhōu)

Noun

Huizhou (uncountable)

1. A group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.

Translations

language group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徽語／徽语 (zh) (huīyǔ)