Hangzhou

American  

[hahng-joh] / ˈhɑŋˈdʒoʊ /

(Older Spelling) Hangchow

noun

Pinyin.

1. a seaport in and the capital of Zhejiang province, in eastern China, on Hangzhou Bay.

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Hangzhou British  

/ ˈhæŋˈdʒəʊ /

noun

1. a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea), at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities (1927, 1959). Pop: 1 955 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The Hangzhou, China-based company said Thursday that net profit slumped 67% on the year in its fiscal third quarter, while revenue grew about 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Lei Ying, a theory collaborator from Zhejing University in Hangzhou, China, shared that reaction.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Another feature Rokid demonstrated in Hangzhou was simultaneous translation, featuring phosphor-green English subtitles that rolled across the glasses' inner lenses as an employee talked in Chinese.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

The Hangzhou, China-based company said Tuesday that its net profit fell 53% to 20.99 billion yuan, equivalent to $2.96 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

How faint she felt, just listening to the stories other girls told — about a neighbor’s daughter, for example, who walked all the way home from Hangzhou, only to be sent back.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen