Huzhou

See also: húzhōu and Húzhōu

English

Map including HUZHOU (DMA, 1996)

Alternative forms

• Hu-chou, Huchou (Wade–Giles)
• Huchow

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湖州 (Húzhōu).

Proper noun

Huzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China.
   • [1914, E. Backhouse, J. O. P. Bland, “Hsien Feng and T’ung Chih: The Facile Descent”, in Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking (From the 16th to the 20th Century)‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 425:

     Li begged them not to betray him. "If you can find a way of taking me safely to Huchou in Chekiang, I will give you 30,000 taels."]

   • 2019 August 31, Raymond Zhong, Keith Bradsher, “U.S.-China Trade War Hits a New Phase, and a Boot Maker Trembles”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 August 2019, Business‎^[3]:

     In the city of Huzhou, in Zhejiang, local officials in December surveying the impact of the trade war found a company called Tianzhen Bamboo Flooring that was laying off workers and trying to open new markets in Europe and Canada.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湖州 (zh) (Húzhōu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1340, column 1