Zaozhuang
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Tsaochuang, Tsao-chuang
- Tsaochwang
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 棗莊／枣庄 (Zǎozhuāng).
Proper noun
Zaozhuang
- A prefecture-level city in Shandong, China.
- [1934, Chinese Economic Journal and Bulletin, volume 15, OCLC 1235507144, page 215:
- Chunghsing Comery.-This mine is at Tsaochuang (棗莊), Shantung Province. The local is good for making coke, but not so pure as that from Kaokeng, owing to the comparatively high ash percentage.]
- [1995, Dreyer, Edward L., China at War, 1901-1949, Longman, →ISBN, LCCN 94-32357, OCLC 924783352, page 226:
- On 26 March T’ang En-po struck at Tsaochuang and Yihsien, and drove the Japanese from both towns.]
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Translations
prefecture-level city
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Further reading
- “Zaozhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Zaozhuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary