Zhoushan

• (from Wade–Giles) Chou-shan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 舟山 (Zhōushān).

Zhoushan

1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China.
   • [1964, Jen Yu-ti (任育地), “Seas”, in A Concise Geography of China (中国地理概述)‎, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, OCLC 799178199, OL 5937311M, page 46:

     The Choushan Archipelago of Chekiang, visited by both the cold and warm currents, is rich in fishes of cold- and warm-water origin which come in search of the nutritious food washed down by the Yangtse and Chientang waters. Choushan is now China’s biggest fishing ground.]

   • [1975 October 5, L. Chen, “Proletariat against proletarian rule”, in Free China Weekly (自由中國週報)‎, volume XVI, number 39, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 3, column 4:

     Because of the presence of the military, unrest at Hanchow factories was put down, but reports of resistance have continued to come from other points of the province, including Ningpo, Choushan, Taichou and Wenchou.]

• Shanzhou