Guizhou

See also: Guìzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• (Tongyong Pinyin) Gueijhou, (uncommon) Gueizhou, Kueichow, Kweichow
• Kueichou, Kuei-chou (Wade–Giles)
• Queicheu, Quicheu (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州／贵州 (Guìzhōu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: gwāʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Guizhou

1. A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
   • 2015 June 12, Edward Wong, “Chinese Premier Urges Officials to Fight Events That Led 4 Children to Drink Pesticide”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-13, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie.

   • 2016 September 13, Ishaan Tharoor, “The incredible sight of China’s latest record-breaking bridge”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 September 2016, WorldViews‎^[4]:

     Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below.

   • 2019 July 25, “Chinese landslide kills 15, 30 still missing”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[5], archived from the original on July 25, 2019, News‎^[6]:

     A mudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Guizhou.

Descendants

• Latin: guizhouensis

Translations

province of China

• Arabic: قُويْتْشُو m (quytšū), غُويْجُو m (ḡuyjū)
• Armenian: Գույչժոու (hy) (Guyčʻžou)
• Bouyei: Gvisxul, Guiqzouy
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 貴州／贵州 (gwai³ zau¹)

  Eastern Min: 貴州／贵州 (Gói-ciŭ)

  Hakka: 貴州／贵州 (Kui-chû)

  Hokkien: 貴州／贵州 (Kùi-chiu)

  Mandarin: 貴州／贵州 (zh) (Guìzhōu)

• Czech: Kuej-čou
• French: Guizhou (fr) m
• Georgian: გუიჯოუ (guiǯou)
• Greek: Κουεϊτσόου (Koueïtsóou)
• Hungarian: Kujcsou (hu)
• Japanese: 貴州 (きしゅう, Kishū)
• Korean: 구이저우 (Gu'ijeou), 귀주 (Gwiju)
• Latvian: Guidžou
• Lithuanian: Guidžou
• Macedonian: Гу́јџоу (Gújdžou)
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᡳᠵᡝᠣ (guijeo), ᡤᡠᡳ
  ᠵᡝᠣ (gui jeo)
• Marathi: कुइझोउ (kuijhou)
• Polish: Kuejczou
• Russian: Гуйчжо́у f (Gujčžóu)
• Thai: กุ้ยโจว
• Tibetan: ཀུད་ཀྲོའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན (kud kro'u zhing chen)
• Ukrainian: Ґуйчжоу (Gujčžou)
• Vietnamese: Quý Châu (vi)
• Zhuang: Gveicouh

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guizhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1469, column 1