Guizhou

[ gwee-joh ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in southern China. 67,181 sq. mi. (173,999 sq. km). : Guiyang. Also (Older Spelling) Kwei·chow [].
2. former name of Fengjie.

Guizhou

/ ˈɡweɪˈdʒəʊ /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

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

Not far from Return Home Hunan, new restaurants offer food from three southern Chinese provinces: There’s the Guizhou rice noodles place, the Guangxi river snail noodles shop and stinky tofu from the province of Hunan.

From New York Times

Huangguoshu Waterfall, a famous tourist destination in the southwestern Guizhou province, has been helped by a water diversion project from a nearby dam since 2006 to maintain its flow during the dry season.

From BBC

An online post from Guizhou province television citing unnamed authorities said that two had died and 23 people were injured.

From Seattle Times

A suspect has been arrested, the Guizhou TV post said.

From Seattle Times