Hangchow

English

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu).

Proper noun

Hangchow

1. Alternative form of Hangzhou
   • 1938, Robert H. Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek‎^[1], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 59:

     On February 16, 1927, Chiang met the northern forces in open battle before Hangchow, and inflicted a smashing defeat. The middle-Yangtse war-lord fled north.

   • 1963, “Introduction”, in Wing-tsit Chan, transl., Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang-ming‎^[2], Columbia University Press, page xxiv:

     In addition, he was banished to Lung-chʻang in modern Kuei-chou, which was then inhabited by the barbarian Miao tribes, to become an insignificant executive in a dispatch station, whose duty it was to provide horses for rapid transportation. He started the journey in the spring of 1507 and arrived a year later, stopping over on the way to visit his father. Liu's agents pursued him and he escaped assassination only by throwing his clothing away by the Chʻien-tʻang River near Hangchow, thus suggesting suicide. Some accounts, to make the event more dramatic, have him escape by sea from Hangchow to Fukien and thence to Kuei-chou. More reliable chronicles, however, have recorded his trip overland from Hangchow to Kuei-chou. In Kuei-chou he taught the Miao aboriginals to build houses and live in them.

   • 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[3], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 573:

     Hangchow is built around large lakes and gardens. In the days when the emperors used it as a summer resort, it was known as the most beautiful city in China. I know that Mao enjoyed taking vacations there and staying in an exquisite old palace that had been turned into a government guesthouse.
     Even though we were in Hangchow in the cloudy off-season, it was easy to see why Mao was drawn to the city. Mountains rise mistily in the background, and the lakes are full of lotus flowers. The pagoda-like guesthouse, with its sloping green tile roofs, was set in the middle of a lake on an island called "Island of Three Towers^{[sic – meaning Pools]} Reflecting the Moon." It was rather musty, but it was immaculately clean, and Pat and I later agreed that our stay there was the most delightful interlude of the trip.

   • 1983, James C. H. Shen, “A Round of Calls”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎^[4], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99:

     Green, I thought, did a good job of detailing the mechanics of the two-tier discussions that were held first in Peking and later moved to Hangchow and finally to Shanghai, where the communique was signed and released.

   • 1996, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Millennium‎^[5], Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 127:

     With indifference befitting a scholar, Lu Yu does not divulge the menus. The exotica of Hangchow restaurants—pig cooked in ashes, scented shellfish, lotus-seed soup— would have been out of place, though the ideal Confucian diet of rice with fresh or pickled vegetables would have been supplemented by fish and meat to show respect for the diners’ rank.

   • 2001 September 28, Sen-lun Yu, “Restaurant of the week: Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓)”, in Taipei Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-02-24, Features, page 10‎^[7]:

     Hangchow cuisine can be summed up with the phrase "southern ingredients, northern style" (南菜北烹). This means that the varieties of fish, shrimp, and other crustaceans in Hangchow's much-celebrated historic West Lake are prepared in northern-style, sweet and sour-based flavors.

   • 2009 March 22, “Hangchow Delegation arrived in Taichung for a Trade and Tourism Goodwill Visit(2009-03-22)”, in Taichung City Government‎^[8], archived from the original on 06 September 2022:

     Wu Cheng-hu Hu said Hangchow City was a city with long history and plentiful sightseeing resources located in the south-eastern coast of China. Hangchow has specific ties with both Taichung City and Nantou County. Since the Taichung-Hangchow direct flight launched in 2008, the interchange was getting closer. He invited local citizens to visited Hangchow for tourism, investment and to start up new business.

   • 2017, J. (Hans) Kommers, Triumphant Love‎^[9], →ISBN, page 268:

     Murray and his mother stayed in Dohnavur for three months. Due to the Communist revolt, Murray had to leave hospital work in Hangchow (China) and after a short stay in Shanghai where it became clear that he could not return to Hangchow, he went back to Dohnavur.

   • 2021, The Promise of Kuan Yin: Wisdom, Miracles, & Compassion‎^[10], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [11]:

     In Hangchow, Kuan Yin's rise to fame was assisted by her role in averting disasters and in answering prayers. When Hangchow became the capital city of the Southern Sung (AD 1127-1279), she was lauded by Emperors and high officials alike, while poets strove to praise her.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hangchow.

Further reading

• “Hangchow, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Hangchow”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.