Guizhou

American

[gwee-joh] / ˈgwiˈdʒoʊ /

noun

Pinyin.

a province in southern China. 67,181 sq. mi. (173,999 sq. km). Guiyang. Also Kweichow
former name of Fengjie.

Guizhou British

/ ˈɡweɪˈdʒəʊ /

noun

a province of SW China, between the Yangtze and Xi Rivers: a high plateau. Capital: Guiyang. Pop: 38 700 000 (2003 est). Area: 174 000 sq km (69 278 sq miles)

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It provides a steady supply of gas to China’s southern provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong and Fujian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

It is a hot night and thousands of fans have packed into Rongjiang’s football ground for the final of the Guizhou Village Super League.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

The sauce was created by Tao Huabi in Guizhou, China, in 1984.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

The landslide occurred just before 6 a.m. on Monday, hitting two small villages in the northernmost part of the province, near the borders with Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

An investigation is underway into the cause of Saturday’s accident in Guizhou province.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

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