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Guangzhou en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ɡwæŋˈdʒəʊ/ Received Pronunciation, hyperforeign
• /ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/ (General-American) unaspirated
• (Southern-England) audio
• gwäng′jō′ hyperforeign
• /kwæŋˈt͡ʃəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation) unaspirated
• /ˈɡwɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/ General American, hyperforeign

Etymology

Mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣州 /广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”).

Meanings

1. A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
   • Ten officials from Guangzhou have been disciplined after thousands of banyan trees, a mainstay of the southern Chinese city’s landscape, were cut down. The decision, announced over the weekend, was likely to have been approved by President Xi Jinping, who made an unusual intervention to signal his displeasure, experts said. Li Xi, the Communist Party chief in Guangdong, the province in which Guangzhou is located, told state media Sunday that the tree removal “gravely damaged the city’s natural ecological environment” and “hurt the public’s fond memories and feelings.” Li added that local officials should realize that Xi paid significant attention to Guangzhou and recognize the severity of the problem. 2021 December 15, Amy Cheng, “Chinese officials axed for cutting down thousands of trees after Xi Jinping signals disapproval”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2021, Asia:
   • As a result, decisions to clean up the environment are routinely—and inaccurately—described as hurtful to prosperity. For example, in Guangzhou, China, the vice director of the city’s planning agency felt forced to defend a decision to limit automobile traffic as a means of reducing dangerous levels of air pollution by saying, “Of course from the government’s point of view, we give up some growth, but to achieve better health for all citizens, it’s worth it.” 2013, Al Gore, “Outgrowth”, in The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 163–164:
   • The Chinese side of the border, Shumchun, is a long building—a combination reception house, customs office, and dining facility. We were guided down corridors, past dining rooms crowded with businessmen noisily enjoying lunch before the train for Guangzhou pulled out. 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
   • In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the woman, who remains unnamed, recounted how subway security in the southern city of Guangzhou had stopped her from travelling because of her heavy eye make-up and dark lipstick. 2019 March 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “China's goths protest after woman told to remove 'distressing' make-up on subway”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

Guangzhouese

Relateds

Not to be confused with Guangdong · Cantonese

Synonyms

Kwang-chow Foo · Canton

Translations (55)

za Gvangjcouh (Chinese city) · es Cantón (Chinese city) · gur Guansuu (Chinese city) · acw قوانقجو (Chinese city) · sv Kanton (Chinese city) · de Kanton (Chinese city) · vi Quảng Châu (Chinese city) · my ကွမ်ကျိုးမြို့ (Chinese city) · gur Koosjuu (Chinese city) · nan-hbl 廣州 /广州 (Chinese city) · sh Guangzhou (Chinese city) · km ក្វាងចូវ (Chinese city) · gur Kantɔn (Chinese city) · ko 광저 (Chinese city) · mk Гуангџоу (Chinese city) · ja 広州 (Chinese city) · fi Kanton (Chinese city) · fa خانفو (Chinese city) · sh Ка̀нтон (Chinese city) · fi Guangzhou (Chinese city) · fr Canton (Chinese city) · ko 광저우 (Chinese city) · ar غْوَانْغْجُو (Chinese city) · gur Kanton (Chinese city) · yue 廣州 /广州 (Chinese city) · th กว่างโจว (Chinese city) · hi ग्वांगझोउ (Chinese city) · pl Kanton (Chinese city) · it Canton (Chinese city) · hu Kanton (Chinese city) · mnc ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ ᠵᡝᠣ (Chinese city) · tr Guanco (Chinese city) · cs Kanton (Chinese city) · ur گوانگژو (Chinese city) · pt Cantão (Chinese city) · kk Гуаңжоу (Chinese city) · fa گوانگژو (Chinese city) · fr Guangzhou (Chinese city) · hak 廣州 /广州 (Chinese city) · ko 광주 (Chinese city) · cmn 廣州 /广州 (Chinese city) · el Καντώνα (Chinese city) · ru Канто́н (Chinese city) · sv Guangzhou (Chinese city) · bg Гуанджо́у (Chinese city) · hu Kuangcsou (Chinese city) · sh Гуангџоу (Chinese city) · he גואנגג׳ואו (Chinese city) · mnc ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᠵᡝᠣ (Chinese city) · ug گۇاڭجۇ (Chinese city) · de Guangzhou (Chinese city) · sh Kànton (Chinese city) · ru Гуанчжо́у (Chinese city) · ar قْوَانْغْتْشُو (Chinese city) · pt Guangzhou (Chinese city)