Zezhou

See also: Zézhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Tse-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澤州／泽州 (Zézhōu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dzǔʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Zezhou

1. A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
   • 2014 September 22, Vanessa Piao, “Rural Library Chain Closes, Citing ‘Tremendous Pressure’”, in New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 July 2022, Sinophere‎^[2]:

     Zhai Meng, who ran a Liren library in Zezhou County, Shanxi Province, said officials from the local cultural affairs department conducted two inspections of the library in August, both “appearing to be targeting foreign publications.”

   • 2021, Traditional Chinese Villages: Beautiful Nostalgia‎^[3], Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 245:

     At the same time, fengshui has also been taken into consideration in terms of spacial environment. For example, Zhou Village in Zezhou County faces Xiaonanling Mountain in the south, and lies on Huangshaling Mountain, with other mountain and hills on its left and right, forming a relatively enclosed space.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澤州／泽州 (zh) (Zézhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can