Quanzhou

English Alternative forms en Ch'uan-chou Ch'üan-chou Chuanchou Wade-Giles Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃwɑnˈt͡soʊ/ chə-wänʹjōʹen 1979 Ch’üan-chou or Tsin·kiang The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 160 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/160/ 2 chüăn′jō′ en Quan zhou Etymology 1 late 20th c., from the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 348 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/348/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesChüanchow (Ch'üan-chou, Quanzhou), Fukien Provinceen 1998 Blunden Caroline Gazetteer Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 232, 235 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/235/ Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Quanzhou/Ch'üan-chou/Quan/Zayton 24°53′N 118°36′E, romanization of en cmn 泉州 spring prefecture. Alternative forms en Cyuanjhou Tongyong Pinyin Proper noun en prefecture-level city in southeastern p/Fujian c/China. en 1984 Zhuang Weiji Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars https://archive.org/details/jewsinoldchinast0000unse/ w:Hippocrene Books 0-88254-996-0 84-12952 11067581 147 https://archive.org/details/jewsinoldchinast0000unse/page/147/ Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and was known as South Quanzhou, or the “Foreign District.” It was here that merchants from overseas and their families had lived during Song and Yuan. en 2016 Fujian China https://archive.org/details/china0000bedf/ DK (publisher) DK 978-0-2412-0846-5 921865889 297 https://archive.org/details/china0000bedf/page/297/ 1 Located on the Jin River, Quanzhou was China’s principal port during the Song and Yuan dynasties. en 2023/02/08 Kelvin Chen Swiss parliamentarian delegation visits Taiwan's Kinmen https://web.archive.org/web/20230308125054/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4804049 08 March 2023 w:Taiwan News Politics He said that four years ago, the island began receiving water from the Jin River, in Quanzhou, China, and now 70-80% of Kinmen's water comes from China. Synonyms en Zeitoun, en Zaitun, en Zayton, en Zaytun, en Zaytoun, en Zeytoun en Chinchew, en Chinchu, en Chin-chiu, en Chuanchiu, en Tsuan-tsiu en Chuanchow Derived terms en Quanzhounese Translations a city of China Arabic: ar تْشْيُوَانْتْشُو m tšyuwantšū, ar تْشْيُوَانْجُو m tšyuwanjū Chinese: Cantonese: yue 泉州 cyun4 zau1 Hakka: hak 泉州 Chhièn-chû Hokkien: nan-hbl 泉州 Choân-chiu Mandarin: cmn 泉州 Quánzhōu Georgian: ka ციუენჭოუ Hungarian: hu Csüancsou Japanese: ja 泉州 せんしゅう, Senshū Korean: ko ^취안저우, ko 泉州(전주) Macedonian: mk Чи́енџоу n Portuguese: pt Chincheu f, pt Quanzhou f Russian: ru Цюаньчжо́у m Vietnamese: vi Tuyền Châu References Further reading Quanzhou, Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchou, Chuanchow en 1998 Quanzhou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2549 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2549/ 2 Etymology 2 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 全州 round prefecture. Proper noun A county in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Translations a county of Guangxi, China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 全州 cyun4 zau1 Hakka: hak 全州 Chhiòn-chû Hokkien: nan-hbl 全州 Choân-chiu Mandarin: cmn 全州 Quánzhōu Japanese: ja 全州 ぜんしゅう, Zenshū Korean: ko ^전주 Vietnamese: vi Toàn Châu Further reading en 1998 Quanzhou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2549 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2549/ 3 en Counties of China Portuguese Proper noun f pt city province/Fujian c/China Quanzhou pt Chincheu