Jizhou

See also: jízhòu and Jìzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Chi-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 薊州／蓟州 (Jìzhōu).

Proper noun

Jizhou

1. A district of Tianjin, China.
   • [1901, Great Britain Foreign Office Correspondence on China, 1872-1904‎^[1], volume 4, →OCLC, page 73:

     Subsequently, however, the Russians did proceed beyond Shanhaikwan and captured the towns of Chichou and Hsin Min. I also heard, after my arrival at Lü Shun (Port Arthur) that the Russians had dispatched forces in various directions eastwards, and had sent communications to the local officials bidding them not to be alarmed, as all they had to do was to hand over their munitions of war to the Russians, whereupon the latter would exterminate the Hu* rebels on their behalf.]

   • 2020, Lee Mosol, Ancient History of Korea‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page [3]:

     They implanted the Jizhou District (薊城, 薊縣) in the NW corner of Tianjin municipality as the place feoffed to the decendants of first legitimate ruler, the Yellow Emperor, Yao in another scripture. The Jizhou District (薊縣) was the metropolis of Baekik descendants and built the nation of YaeMaek (濊貊國) where King Dongmyeong had settled.

   • 2019 September 27, Shivani Singh, Beijing Newsroom, “China's Kunlun Energy starts gas pipeline project in Tianjin - CNPC”, in Aditya Soni, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on February 04, 2024‎^[5]:

     * The Baodi Natural Gas Utilization Project will supply gas to industrial and business users and 450,000 homes in the districts of Baodi, Ninghe and Jizhou in the northern municipality of Tianjin.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薊州／蓟州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟州／济州 (Jìzhōu).

Proper noun

Jizhou

1. Synonym of Jeju: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1990 August, Paul K.I. Chao, “Husbandry, Forestry and Fishery”, in The Changing Geography of China: A Synoptic View‎^[6], Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:

     The Yellow Sea, east of the Bohai Strait, extends from the mouth of the Yalü River in the north to a line running from the north bank of Changjiang estuary to Korea’s Jizhou Island in the south. The flat seabed provides ideal conditions for trawling.

   • 2015, “Sightseeing”, in A Real-life English Course [生活情境英语] (Roads to Successful Careers [走向职场英语系列教程])‎^[7], Beijing Institute of Technology Press [北京理工大学出版社], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 132:

     M: Have you ever visited Korea?
     W: Several times. It's a beautiful country.
     M: What part of the visits excited you most?
     W: The biggest island of Korea, Jizhou Island.

   • 2020 [2015], Zhigang Fang [方志刚], Jingyi Cao, Yong Guan, “Service Environment of Aluminum Alloy Vessel”, in Corrosion Control Technologies for Aluminum Alloy Vessel [铝合金舰艇腐蚀控制技术]‎^[8], →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:

     The Yellow Sea is bordered on Liaodong Peninsula in the north and adjacent to the west bank of the Korean Peninsula. The line from Zhendao Island in the south end of the Korean Peninsula to the southwestern corner of Jizhou Island is its eastern boundary. In the northwest, it is connected to the Bohai Sea via Bohai Strait.

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

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州／济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can