Suzhou

See also: Sūzhōu and Sùzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Su-chou, Soochow, Suchow, Suchou (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘇州 / 苏州 (Sūzhōu).

Proper noun

Suzhou

2. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River.

   Synonyms: Wu, Gusu, Helu City (historic settlements)

   • 2021 July 14, “China hotel collapse death toll climbs to 17: reports”, in EFE‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 July 2021‎^[2]:

     The number of people killed in the collapse of an annex of a hotel in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou has climbed to 17, local authorities reported Wednesday, according to state news agency Xinhua.

3. Synonym of Suzhou Creek: A river in Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long.

   Synonym: Wusong

4. (historical) Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.

Derived terms

• Suzhounese (demonym, dialect)
• Suzhou numeral

Translations

Chinese city in Jiangsu

• Arabic: سُوجُو m (sūjū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蘇州 / 苏州 (sou¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 蘇州 / 苏州 (zh) (Sūzhōu)

• Georgian: სუჭოუ (suč̣ou)
• Hungarian: Szucsou (hu)
• Japanese: 蘇州 (そしゅう, Soshū)
• Korean: 쑤저우 (Ssujeou), 蘇州(소주) (ko) (soju)
• Latin: Suceu
• Macedonian: Суџоу n (Sudžou)
• Marathi: सूझोउ n (sūjhou)
• Russian: Сучжо́у m (Sučžóu)
• Thai: ซูโจว
• Vietnamese: Tô Châu (蘇州)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宿州 (Sùzhōu).

Proper noun

Suzhou

2. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
   • 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2022, The Coronavirus Pandemic:

     There were more than 200 reported cases in Anhui's Suzhou city on Monday. Since the outbreak was detected on June 26, the province has reported more than 1,000 cases, according to the Suzhou municipal government.

Translations

Chinese city in Anhui

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 宿州 (suk¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 宿州 (zh) (Sùzhōu)

• Hungarian: Szucsou (hu)
• Japanese: 宿州 (しゅくしゅう, Shukushū)
• Korean: 宿州(소주) (ko) (soju)
• Vietnamese: Túc Châu (宿州)

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肅州 / 肃州 (Sùzhōu).

Proper noun

Suzhou

2. A district of the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
3. A town in the county-level city of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Translations

Chinese district and a town in Gansu

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肅州 / 肃州 (suk¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 肅州 / 肃州 (zh) (Sùzhōu)

• Japanese: 肅州 (しゅくしゅう, Shukushū)
• Vietnamese: Túc Châu (肅州)

French

Alternative forms

• Sou-Tchéou (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu).

Proper noun

Suzhou f

1. Suzhou (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River)
2. Suzhou Creek (a river in Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long)

   Synonyms: Sou-Tchéou-Creek, Wusong

See also

• Huangpu