Foochow

[ foo-chou; Chinese foo-joh ]

noun

1. Older Spelling. Fuzhou.
2. Also called North·ern Min [nawr, -, th, ern , min]. a dialect of Chinese spoken in and around Fuzhou. Compare Min.

Foochow

/ ˈfuːˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Fuzhou

Example Sentences

FUCHOW, Fu-Chau, Foochow, a city of China, capital of the province of Fu-kien, and one of the principal ports open to foreign commerce.

From Project Gutenberg

Son of a Chinese magistrate in Foochow, Chen Wenyuan was born a Buddhist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides the missionaries who visited Foochow, other travelers speak of finding groups of underground Christians in many villages and cities.

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Bubonic plague broke out in Foochow, and in north China was apparently moving on Peiping and Tientsin.

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Amoy and Foochow were being scrutinized closely.

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