Zaozhuang

English

Alternative forms

• Tsaochuang, Tsao-chuang (Wade–Giles)
• Tsaochwang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 棗莊／枣庄 (Zǎozhuāng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dzouʹjwängʹ

Proper noun

Zaozhuang

1. A prefecture-level city in Shandong, China.
   • [1938 April 22, F. Tillman Durdin, “JAPANESE PIERCE INTO YIHSIEN AREA; At Outskirts of Beleaguered Town in Wide Offensive Aiming at Suchow CHINESE MASS 200,000 Foes Put at 100,000 in Drive That May Be Crucial--Other Forces Gird Southward Chinese Strengthen Defense Chinese "Nazis" Back Chiang Japanese Bombardment Heavy Seeks Damages From Japan”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 11, 2018, page 10‎^[4]:

     Japanese forces have launched a sweeping counter-offensive in South Shantung, which has brought some forces already to the outskirts of Tsaochwang and Yihsien.]

   • 2013 December 5, Austin Ramzy, “Air Pollution Shrouds Eastern China”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-17, Sinosphere‎^[6]:

     By early evening Thursday, the pollution level in Shanghai was hovering at 340. At least 16 other cities in four provinces in eastern China were also reporting pollution levels over 300. In Zaozhuang, a city of nearly four million in Shandong Province, the pollution index hit 500, the maximum reading on the Chinese scale.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棗莊／枣庄 (zh) (Zǎozhuāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zaozhuang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3552, column 1
• “Zaozhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Zaozhuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.