Chu-chou
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu¹-chou¹.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: jo͞oʹjōʹ
Proper noun[edit]
Chu-chou
- Alternative form of Zhuzhou
- 1956, 梁仁采 [Liang Jen-ts'ai], 广东经济地理 [Economic Geography of Kwangtung][1], Peiping, →OCLC, page 47:
- Along the middle section of the Canton-Hankou railroad, which is located in Chu-chou in Hunan Province, the railroad is connected with the Chechiang-Chiangsi railroad to reach the nation's largest city - Shanghai.
- 1975, Peter J. Seybolt, editor, The Rustication of Urban Youth in China[3], published 2015, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148:
- The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.
Translations[edit]
Zhuzhou — see Zhuzhou
References[edit]
- ^ Zhuzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Chu-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading[edit]
- “Chu-chou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Chu-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.