Ch'üan-chou

See also: Ch'uan-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻüan²-chou¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chə-wänʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Ch'üan-chou

1. Alternative form of Quanzhou
   • 1965, “The Bridge of Chʻüan-chou”, in Wolfram Eberhard, editor, Folktales of China‎^[2], Revised edition, University of Chicago Press, page 103:

     The Loyang bridge lies twenty miles outside the east gate of Chʻüan-chou, just on the borders of the district.

   • 1966, Luce Boulnois, translated by Dennis Chamberlin, The Silk Road‎^[3], London, →OCLC, page 208:

     We know that Italians were trading in the Black Sea ports, and the Arabs in the ports of southern China- in Fu-chien and Kuang-tung. Zayton (Ch'üan-chou in Fu-chien?) is mentioned by Marco Polo as 'the greatest port in the world'.

   • 1977, Sarasin Viraphol, Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese trade, 1652-1853‎^[4], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40:

     In spite of the Manchu-imposed ban on overseas travel and trade, the Siamese tributary trade must have been profitable enough for a good many Chinese to handle it. Consequently, the early Chinese settlers in Siam were principally merchants from Chʻüan-chou prefecture in southern Fukien and Canton in Kwangtung, who were connected with the Siamese tributary trade.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'üan-chou.

Translations

Quanzhou — see Quanzhou

Further reading

• “Ch’üan-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.