Quanzhou

or Chuan·chow

[ chwahn-joh ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a seaport in southeast Fujian province, in southeast China, on Taiwan Strait.

Example Sentences

It was developed in China’s Minnan region between the 15th and 17th centuries and is now centered in China’s coastal areas of Xiamen Bay and Quanzhou Bay as well as in Malacca.

From Seattle Times

A home-groomed economist who studied finance at Xiamen University from 1978 to 1984, He obtained a doctorate in economics in 1998, when he was the party chief of Quanzhou city in Fujian.

From Reuters

Putian and Quanzhou were among six cities elsewhere in Fujian flagged as being at risk of flash floods and landslides.

From Reuters

Elsewhere in Fujian, six other cities including Putian and Quanzhou were flagged at risk of flash floods and landslides.

From Reuters

Schools in Fuzhou city as well as in Xiamen, Quanzhou and Putian were also shut.

From Reuters