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Suzhou Creek
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English
Suzhou Creek
Alternative forms
en Soochow Creek dated
Etymology
en cmn - 蘇州河
Proper noun
Suzhou creek
en Q907674en river mun:suf/Shanghai and p:also/Jiangsu c/China between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long.
en Suzhou Wusong Wusong River
en Shanghai
en 2004 Mark L. Isaac-Williams Mark Isaac-Williams From Dragon to Dragon https://archive.org/details/fromdragontodrag0000isaa/ Lewes The Book Guild 9781857768770 56643846 25 https://archive.org/details/fromdragontodrag0000isaa/page/25/ News of the Nanking rape spread like wildfire and before long refugees were flooding into Shanghai across Suchou Creek and on to the Bund. on
en March 23, 2012 Royston Chan Elaine Lies Play tells tale of Jewish refugees in WW2 Shanghai Paul Casciato w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20250903190824/https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/play-tells-tale-of-jewish-refugees-in-ww2-shanghai-idUSDEE82M0CF/ https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/play-tells-tale-of-jewish-refugees-in-ww2-shanghai-idUSDEE82M0CF/ 3 September 2025 Lifestyle The play centres on a Jewish-run cafe on the northern bank of Shanghai's Suzhou Creek, where Shana, the daughter of the cafe owner, finds herself pursued by both a Japanese official, Mr. Suzuki, as well as Song Yao, a Chinese resistance fighter.
June 1, 2021 w:Keith Bradsher China’s Concrete Jungles Make Room for Green Space https://web.archive.org/web/20210601090524/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/china-parks-green-space.html 01 June 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/china-parks-green-space.html Square Feet Suzhou Creek was little more than an open sewer for decades as its murky waters coursed through the heart of Shanghai. Now, it teems with life along verdant banks that stretch for 26 miles.
Translations
creek
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蘇州河 Sūzhōu Hé
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko