Guizhou
See also: Guìzhōu
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Tongyong Pinyin) Gueijhou, (uncommon) Gueizhou, Kueichow, Kweichow
- (from Wade–Giles): Kueichou, Kuei-chou
- (obsolete): Queicheu, Quicheu
Etymology edit
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州/贵州 (Guìzhōu).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Guizhou
- A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
- 2015 June 12, Edward Wong, “Chinese Premier Urges Officials to Fight Events That Led 4 Children to Drink Pesticide”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-13, Asia Pacific[2]:
- The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie.
- 2016 September 13, Ishaan Tharoor, “The incredible sight of China’s latest record-breaking bridge”, in The Washington Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 September 2016, WorldViews[4]:
- Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Guizhou.
Descendants edit
- Latin: guizhouensis
Translations edit
province of China
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See also edit
Provinces: Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan (claimed) · Yunnan · Zhejiang |
Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang |
Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing |
Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau |
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guizhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1469, column 1