Guangdong

[ gwahng-dawng ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in southeastern China. 89,344 sq. mi. (231,401 sq. km). : Canton.

Guangdong

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a province of SE China, on the South China Sea: includes the Leizhou Peninsula, with densely populated river valleys; traditionally also including Macao and Hong Kong; the only true tropical climate in China. Capital: Canton. Pop: 79 540 000 (2003 est). Area: 197 100 sq km (76 100 sq miles)

Example Sentences

NPC, often referred to as 'Cantonese Cancer', affects predominantly 30- to 60-year-old men in southern China, including Guangdong and Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

From Science Daily

She noted that since the late 1990s, when this current strain of bird flu originated in China’s Guangdong Province, the fatality rate was close to 60%.

From Los Angeles Times

“Without air conditioning, it would be challenging to concentrate on studying,” Lin Yujun, the father of a junior high school student in Guangdong in southern China, told Shanghai-based news site Sixth Tone.

From BBC

Meteorologists say Yagi may cause "catastrophic" damage in Hainan and neighbouring Guangdong, which is also China's most populous province.

From BBC

Before that, he practiced traditional Chinese medicine for 30 years in the city of Taishan in the Guangdong province of China.

From Los Angeles Times