Wenchou

See also: wénchǒu, Wen-chou, and Wen-Chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 溫州 / 温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.[1][2]

Proper noun

Wenchou

  1. Alternative form of Wenzhou.
    • 1981, Jean Ewen, chapter 12, in China Nurse 1932-1939‎[2], McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 159:
      Our chauffeur Chu had waited an extra day for us. Things were getting tough, he said, this would probably be his last trip to Chekiang. There was heavy fighting around Mingpo, and Wenchou was about to be blockaded.
    • 2007, Veronica Li, “Eating Bitter Squash”, in Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman's Search for Home‎[3], First American edition, Paramus, NJ: Homa & Sekey Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:
      At the time of his death, my father was on a trip to Wenchou, a town close to Shanghai. Being a businessman, he was often out at night entertaining clients.

References

  1. ^ Wenzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 486: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Wen-chou (Wenzhou) 溫州”
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