Tongzhou

See also: Tōngzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Tungchow
• T'ung-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).

Proper noun

Tongzhou

1. A district of Beijing, China.
   • 2015 July 11, Ian Johnson, “Chinese Officials to Restructure Beijing to Ease Strains on City Center”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-07-13, ASIA PACIFIC‎^[2]:

     The centerpiece of the plan will be an administrative center in the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, a historic move that reverses decades of urban planning that wedged government offices into the imperial city center.

   • 2022 January 5, Liangping Gao, Ryan Woo, “Home prices in large Chinese cities show tentative signs of stabilising”, in Ana Nicolaci da Costa, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 05 January 2022, Asian Markets‎^[4]:

     A residential project in the capital city that went on sale in October in the eastern district of Tongzhou offered a 1% discount to buyers if they made down-payments within seven days to one month, a salesperson told Reuters.

2. A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 通州 (tung¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 通州 (zh) (Tōngzhōu)