Quanzhou

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchou (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃwɑnˈt͡soʊ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu, literally “spring prefecture”).

Alternative forms

• Cyuanjhou (Tongyong Pinyin)

Proper noun

Quanzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China.
   • 1984, Zhuang Weiji, quotee, Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars‎^[2], Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147:

     Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and was known as South Quanzhou, or the “Foreign District.” It was here that merchants from overseas and their families had lived during Song and Yuan.

   • 2016, “Fujian”, in China‎^[3], DK, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 297, column 1:

     Located on the Jin River, Quanzhou was China’s principal port during the Song and Yuan dynasties.

   • 2023 February 8, Kelvin Chen, “Swiss parliamentarian delegation visits Taiwan's Kinmen”, in Taiwan News‎^[4], archived from the original on 08 March 2023, Politics‎^[5]:

     He said that four years ago, the island began receiving water from the Jin River, in Quanzhou, China, and now 70-80% of Kinmen's water comes from China.

Synonyms

• Zeitoun, Zaitun, Zayton, Zaytun, Zaytoun, Zeytoun
• Chinchew, Chinchu, Chin-chiu, Tsuan-tsiu
• Chuanchow

Derived terms

• Quanzhounese

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: تْشْيُوَانْتْشُو m (tšyuwantšū), تْشْيُوَانْجُو m (tšyuwanjū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 泉州 (cyun⁴ zau¹)

  Hakka: 泉州 (Chhièn-chû)

  Hokkien: 泉州 (zh-min-nan) (Choân-chiu)

  Mandarin: 泉州 (zh) (Quánzhōu)

• Georgian: ციუენჭოუ (ciuenč̣ou)
• Hungarian: Csüancsou (hu)
• Japanese: 泉州 (ja) (せんしゅう, Senshū)
• Korean: 취안저우 (Chwianjeou)
• Macedonian: Чи́енџоу n (Číendžou)
• Portuguese: Chincheu f, Quanzhou f
• Russian: Цюаньчжо́у m (Cjuanʹčžóu)
• Vietnamese: Tuyền Châu

Further reading

• Quanzhou, Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchou, Chuanchow at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Quanzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2549, column 2

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 全州 (Quánzhōu, literally “round prefecture”).

Proper noun

Quanzhou

1. A county in Guilin, Guangxi, China.

Translations

a county of Guangxi, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 全州 (cyun⁴ zau¹)

  Hakka: 全州 (Chhiòn-chû)

  Hokkien: 全州 (Choân-chiu)

  Mandarin: 全州 (zh) (Quánzhōu)

• Japanese: 全州 (ぜんしゅう, Zenshū)
• Korean: 전주 (ko) (Jeonju)
• Vietnamese: Toàn Châu

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Quanzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2549, column 3

Portuguese

Proper noun

Quanzhou f

1. Quanzhou (a city in Fujian, China)

   Synonym: Chincheu