Zhuhai

See also: Zhūhǎi

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuˈhaɪ/
  • (hyperforeign) enPR: jo͞oʹhīʹ

Proper noun

Zhuhai

  1. A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
    • 2002, Margaret Thatcher, Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World[1], HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:
      In 1992, at the age of eighty-eight, Deng visited the Shenzhen and Zhuhai Special Economic Zones in order to defend his policies against Party critics.
    • 2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE[2], sourced from Hong Kong (EFE), archived from the original on 5 December 2023[3]:
      Super typhoon Saola made landfall in southeast China’s Guangdong province early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in Shenzhen city and the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao.
      The typhoon made landfall around 3:30 am south of the city of Zhuhai, located along the coast of Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center said.

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