Huizhou

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See also: Huīzhōu and Huìzhōu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 惠州 (Huìzhōu).

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Huizhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.
    • [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “Building the Model”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6:
      Whenever Ch'en Chiung-ming, still at large in the East River uplands, would move on Canton, Liu and Yang would requisition from Sun a sum of 10,000 silver yuan* for the defense of Canton, or C$100,000 to force Ch'en back up the East River to Huichou.]
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Etymology 2

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From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

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Huizhou

  1. (historical) A region in modern-day Anhui, in southeastern China.
    • 2012 March 29, Gilles Sabrie, “In Rural China, a Preserved Dynastic Village”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2012[5]:
      Xidi, a village in China’s Huizhou region of Anhui Province, dates back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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Huizhou (uncountable)

  1. A group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.
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  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 479:The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, [] Hui-chou (Huizhou) 徽州