Gaoyou

English Alternative forms en Kaoyu Postal en Kao-yu Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline w:Mark Elvin Gazetteer Graham Speake Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File Checkmark Books 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 9770589M 232, 233 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/233/ Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Gaoyou/Kao-yu 32°47′N 119°27′E, romanization of the en cmn 高郵. Pronunciation gou′yō′ en Gao you Proper noun en county-level city prefecture-level city/Yangzhou p/Jiangsu in eastern c/China. en 1978 Charles O. Hucker The Ming Dynasty, its Origins and Evolving Institutions https://archive.org/details/mingdynastyitsor0000huck/ 0-89264-034-0 78-17354 461915060 10 https://archive.org/details/mingdynastyitsor0000huck/page/10/ Among the rebel leaders who appeared in the Huai area after the 1351 floods was a more ambitious man than Fang Kuo-chen, named Zhang Shicheng Chang Shih-ch'eng zh 張士誠 (1321-1367). Like Fang, Chang had a salt trade background. Native to the Kao-yu region of modern Kiangsu province, north of the Yangtze, Chang and his brothers grew up as canal boatmen employed by the state salt monopoly. on en July 4, 2007 Tornado kills 14, injures 146 in eastern China https://web.archive.org/web/20160123084655/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-weather-idUSPEK1791920070704 23 January 2016 w:Reuters Green Business Seven people were killed in Gaoyou city in neighboring Jiangsu province, the agency said, adding that 53 were injured."Winds and heavy rain cut off power and telecommunications, ripped off rooftops and uprooted thousands of trees," a Gaoyou government official was quoted as saying. en 31 January 2019 Jenny Wang Chinese New Year: auspicious dishes around China, from ‘accessible windfall’ to ‘a room of gold and silver’ w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240531102844/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2184434/chinese-new-year-auspicious-dishes-around-china-accessible 31 May 2024 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2184434/chinese-new-year-auspicious-dishes-around-china-accessible 1563-9371 648902513 Food & Drink Chen specifies that the river shrimp are from Gaoyou, a city in Jiangsu. “Its geographic advantage and waters contribute to the sweet and bouncy shrimps. The most prized river shrimp tends to be small, resembling an agate bead. So the dish represents a pairing of agate beads and gold ingots, representing affluence.” Translations county-level city in eastern China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 高郵 Mandarin: cmn 高郵 Gāoyóu References Further reading Kaoyu 909 1 en 2008 Gaoyou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1317 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1317/ 2