Liuzhou

See also: liùzhou

English

Alternative forms

• Liu-chou (Wade–Giles)
• Liuchow (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柳州 (Liǔzhōu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌljoʊˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Proper noun

Liuzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi, China.
   • 2019 April 16, Yilei Sun, Norihiko Shirouzu, “No-frills no longer: GM's China brand Baojun attempts a major makeover”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 May 2022, Business News‎^[2]:

     Employees work on Baojun RS-5 cars at a final assembly plant operated by General Motors Co and its local joint-venture partners in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, February 28, 2019.

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: لْيُوجُو m (lyujū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 柳州 (lau⁵ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 柳州 (zh) (Liǔzhōu)

• Hungarian: Liucsou (hu)
• Japanese: 柳州 (りゅうしゅう, Ryūshū)
• Korean: 류저우 (Ryujeou)
• Russian: Лючжо́у m (Ljučžóu)
• Vietnamese: Liễu Châu
• Zhuang: Liujcouh

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Liuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1757, column 2: “Sometimes spelled Liu-chou.”