Cangzhou

See also: Cāngzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滄州／沧州 (Cāngzhōu).

Proper noun

Cangzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
   • 2013 October 29, Yu Hua, “Jokes, Lies and Pollution in China”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 04, 2013, Opinion‎^[2]:

     Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, is China’s top steel-producing province. Steel plants play a big role in air and water pollution, but the city of Cangzhou’s answer to the problem is an anti-smoking campaign.
     A Hebei official newspaper, Yanzhao Dushi Bao, reported in July that local officials in Cangzhou held a public meeting pledging their commitment to the anti-smoking cause. With smoke billowing from the chimneys of factories in the distance, officials promoted the slogan: “Curbing air pollution starts with me!”

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 滄州／沧州 (cong¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 滄州／沧州 (zh) (Cāngzhōu)