Wenzhou

See also: Wēnzhōu

English

Map including WENZHOU (DMA, 1996)

Alternative forms

• Wenchow (dated)
• Wen-chou, Wen-Chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溫州／温州 (Wēnzhōu).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɛnˈd͡ʒəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Wenzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
   • 2016 December 26, Sui-Lee Wee, “China Reassures Homeowners Worried About Land Rights”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-12-26, Business‎^[3]:

     The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s.

   • 2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE‎^[4], archived from the original on 28 December 2023:

     Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.

Synonyms

• Yongjia, Yung-chia (dated)

Derived terms

• Wenzhounese

Translations

city in China

• Arabic: وَنْتْشُو m (wantšū), وَنْجُو m (wanjū)
• Bulgarian: Уънджоу m (Uǎndžou)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 溫州／温州 (wan¹ zau¹)

  Eastern Min: 溫州／温州 (Ŭng-ciŭ)

  Hakka: 溫州／温州 (Vûn-chû)

  Hokkien: 溫州／温州 (zh-min-nan) (Un-chiu)

  Mandarin: 溫州／温州 (zh) (Wēnzhōu)

  Wu: 溫州／温州 (¹uen-tseu)

• German: Wenzhou (de) n
• Hungarian: Vencsou (hu)
• Japanese: 温州 (おんしゅう, Onshū; うんしゅう, Unshū)
• Korean: 원저우 (Wonjeou), 온주(溫州) (Onju)
• Lithuanian: Vendžou ?
• Russian: Вэньчжо́у m (Vɛnʹčžóu)
• Ukrainian: Веньчжо́у m (Venʹčžóu)
• Vietnamese: Ôn Châu

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wenzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3436, column 2
• “Wenzhou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Wenzhou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
• Wenzhou, Wenchow, Wen-chou, Wen-Chou, Wenchou at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Wenzhou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Wenzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Wenzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Wenzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.