Guangzhou

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdzəʊ /

noun

1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton

Guangzhou

1. City in southern China ; a transportation, industrial, financial, and trade center of southern China; a major deep-water port.

Notes

It was formerly called Canton.

Guangzhou was the first Chinese port regularly used for trade, especially following the Opium War (1839–1842), and was the seat of the revolutionary movement under Sun Yat-sen in 1911.

Example Sentences

The Guangzhou Japanese School cancelled some activities and warned against speaking Japanese loudly in public.

From BBC

But shipping it to Guangzhou, Beijing and beyond, especially when the fruit is ripe and most flavorful, can be perilous.

From New York Times

Despite the exhausting schedule of talks, the former protester in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in 1989 viewed this as her duty.

From Seattle Times

A new investigation by Swiss advocacy group Public Eye followed up on its 2021 report, which found a number of staff across six sites in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou were doing excessive overtime.

From BBC

A tornado killed five people in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, during rain and hail storms last weekend.

From Seattle Times