Tsaochuang

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English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 棗莊枣庄 (Zǎozhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsao³-chuang¹.[1]

Proper noun

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Tsaochuang

  1. Alternative form of Zaozhuang
    • 1923 May 28, “The Minister in China (Schurman) to the Secretary of State”, in PAPERS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923[1], volume I, Office of the Historian, archived from the original on 05 August 2020:
      Powell returned to Tsaochuang May 27, 6 p.m., with two bandit secretaries, whose safe conduct he guaranteed. This forenoon secretaries were conferring with Assistant Military Governor.
    • 1934, Chinese Economic Journal and Bulletin[2], volume 15, →OCLC, page 215:
      Chunghsing Comery.-This mine is at Tsaochuang (棗莊), Shantung Province. The local is good for making coke, but not so pure as that from Kaokeng, owing to the comparatively high ash percentage.
    • 1995, Edward L. Dreyer, China at War, 1901-1949[3], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226:
      On 26 March T’ang En-po struck at Tsaochuang and Yihsien, and drove the Japanese from both towns.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tsaochuang.

References

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  1. ^ cf. Zaozhuang, Wade-Giles romanization Tsao-chuang, in Encyclopædia Britannica