Chu-chou

See also: chūchǒu, Ch'u-chou, and Ch'ü-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu¹-chou¹.[1]

Pronunciation
  • enPR: jo͞oʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Chu-chou

  1. Alternative form of Zhuzhou
    • 1956, Liang Jen-ts'ai (梁仁采), Economic Geography of Kwangtung (广东经济地理)‎, Peiping, OCLC 19877116, page 47:
      Along the middle section of the Canton-Hankou railroad, which is located in Chu-chou in Hunan Province, the railroad is connected with the Chechiang-Chiangsi railroad to reach the nation's largest city - Shanghai.
    • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA‎, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, LCCN 72-8717, OCLC 1204247698, OL 9249878M, page 170:
      Two rail lines have been planned to connect Kuei-yang with Chu-chou in Hunan and K'un-ming with Ch'eng-tu via Hsi-ch'ang in Szechwan.
    • 1975, Peter J. Seybolt, editor, The Rustication of Urban Youth in China‎, published 2015, →ISBN, LCCN 76017395, OCLC 1020152418, OL 28808561M, page 148:
      The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.

Translations
Zhuzhou — see Zhuzhou

References
  1. Zhuzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Chu-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading
  • Chu-chou at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • “Chu-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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