Yangzhou

See also: Yángzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Yang-chou (Wade–Giles)
• Yangchow (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚州／扬州 (Yángzhōu).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjæŋd͡ʒoʊ/, /ˈjɑŋd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: yängʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Yangzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.

   Yangzhou fried rice

   • 2021 August 3, “China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' amid return of Covid-19”, in France 24‎^[2], archived from the original on 03 August 2021, Asia / Pacific‎^[3]:

     The eastern city of Yangzhou, near Nanjing, was the latest local government to order residents to stay home after large-scale testing detected 40 new infections over the past day.
     The more than 1.3 million residents of Yangzhou's urban core are now confined to their homes, with each household allowed to send only one person outside per day to shop for necessities, the city government said Tuesday.

   • 2022 November 30, “Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies aged 96”, in EFE‎^[4], archived from the original on February 13, 2023‎^[5]:

     Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure, Xinhua added.
     The politician, who was born in the eastern town of Yangzhou in 1926, was appointed secretary-general of the CCP in 1989.

Synonyms

• Hancheng, Guangling (historical)

Derived terms

• Yangzhou fried rice

 

Translations

a prefecture-level city in eastern China

• Arabic: يَانْغْجُو m (yanḡjū), يَانْغْتْشُو m (yanḡtšū)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揚州／扬州 (zh) (Yángzhōu)

• Georgian: იანგჭოუ (iangč̣ou)
• German: Yangzhou (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: Jangcsou (hu)
• Japanese: 揚州 (ようしゅう, Yōshū)
• Korean: 양저우 (Yangjeou)
• Macedonian: Ја́нгџоу m (Jángdžou)
• Russian: Янчжо́у m (Jančžóu)
• Vietnamese: Dương Châu

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3515, column 1: “The city was formerly known as Jiangdu. Sometimes spelled Yang-chou or Yangchow.”
• “Yangzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Yangzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Yangzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.