Guangzhou

See also: Guǎngzhōu

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑŋˈdʒoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ɡwæŋˈdʒəʊ/
• Hyphenation: Guang‧zhou

Proper noun

Guangzhou

1. A major city and port in southeastern China, the capital of Guangdong Province

   • In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the woman, who remains unnamed, recounted how subway security in the southern city of Guangzhou had stopped her from travelling because of her heavy eye make-up and dark lipstick.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) Canton, Kwang-chow, Kwang-chow Foo

Translations

Chinese city

• Arabic: قْوَانْغْتْشُو m (qwānḡtšū), غْوَانْغْجُو m (ḡwānḡjū)
• Bulgarian: Гуанджо́у m (Guandžóu)
• Burmese: ကွမ်ကျိုးမြို့ (kwamkyui:mrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣州／广州 (gwong² zau¹), 广州 (gwong² zau¹)

  Hakka: 廣州／广州, 广州 (Kóng-chû)

  Mandarin: 廣州／广州 (zh) (Guǎngzhōu), 广州 (zh) (Guǎngzhōu)

  Min Nan: 廣州／广州, 广州 (Kńg-chiu, Kúiⁿ-chiu)

• Czech: Kanton m
• Finnish: Kanton (fi), Guangzhou
• French: Canton (fr) m, Guangzhou (fr) m
• German: Guangzhou (de) n
• Greek: Καντώνα f (Kantóna)
• Hebrew: גואנגג'ואו
• Hindi: गुआंगझोऊ (guāṅgjhoū)
• Hungarian: Kanton (hu), Kuangcsou
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• Italian: Canton (it) f
• Japanese: 広州 (こうしゅう, Kōshū)
• Korean: 광저 (gwangjeo), 광주 (ko) (gwangju), 광저우 (gwangjeou)
• Macedonian: Гуангџоу (Guangdžou)
• Persian: گوانگ‌ژو
• Polish: Kanton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cantão f, Guangzhou f
• Russian: Гуанчжо́у (ru) m (Guančžóu), Канто́н (ru) m (Kantón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гуангџоу m, Ка̀нтон m

  Roman: Guangzhou m, Kànton (sh) m

• Spanish: Cantón (es) m
• Swedish: Kanton (sv) n, Guangzhou (sv) n
• Thai: กว่างโจว (Gwàangjoh)
• Urdu: گوانگژو
• Vietnamese: Quảng Châu (vi)
• Zhuang: Gvangjcouh

See also

• Guangdong
• Cantonese

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Guangzhou f

1. Guangzhou (a city in China)

Synonyms

• Cantão