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Rizhao
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rìzhào Rìzhào
English
Alternative forms
en Jih-chao Jihchao Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 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.Rizhao/Jih-chao 35°25′N 119°27′E, 54, 152, 164 romanization of the en cmn ^日照.
Pronunciation
rûʹjouʹen 1952 Jihchao Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 880 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/880/ 2
en Ri zhao
Proper noun
en city in southeastern p/Shandong c/China.
en 07/21/2022 Yu-Hsiang Wang Did the Chinese government really deploy military tanks to suppress protesters in Henan province? w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20220721153356/https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220721-did-the-chinese-government-really-deploy-military-tanks-to-suppress-protesters-in-hunan-province July 21, 2022 https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220721-did-the-chinese-government-really-deploy-military-tanks-to-suppress-protesters-in-hunan-province A video of tanks in China went viral on Monday 18 July, 2022, with social media users claiming it shows the Chinese government suppressing protesters in Henan over the ongoing banking scandals. However, the video was actually filmed in Rizhao City in Shandong Province and according to our sources, the tanks were deployed as part of military drills.
en February 12, 2023 Daniel E. Slotnik; Amelia Nierenberg Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Destroys U.F.O.s w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20251023001320/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/briefing/ufo-us-turkey-earthquake-ukraine.html 23 October 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/briefing/ufo-us-turkey-earthquake-ukraine.html 0362-4331 1645522 Briefing In China, authorities said they might soon shoot down an unidentified flying object over waters near the northern city of Rizhao, The South China Morning Post reported.
Translations
city in southeastern Shandong province
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 日照 Rìzhào
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko
Russian: ru Жичжа́о m
Vietnamese: vi Nhật Chiếu
References
Further reading
Rizhao, Jih-chao, Jihchao
en 1998 Rizhao 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 2624 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2624/ 3
en 2-syllable words