Yazhou

See also: Yǎzhōu and Yàzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).

Proper noun

Yazhou

1. A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
   • 2021 November 11, Laura Zhou, “Chinese research wharf being built near largest fishing port on South China Sea”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 11, 2021, Diplomacy‎^[2]:

     The Nanshan Port Public Scientific Research Wharf, the first of its kind in China, is now under construction in Yazhou district in Hainan province’s southernmost city of Sanya, according to industry publication China Shipping News.
     Yazhou is home to Hainan’s largest fishing port, China’s closest harbour to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崖州 (Yázhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Yazhou at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.