Shuozhou

See also: Shuòzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Shuo-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朔州 (Shuòzhōu).

Proper noun

Shuozhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.
   • [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Peking Campaign: Completion of the Military Unification”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 162–163‎^[2]:

     In northernmost Shansi, Chang had pressed deeply inside the ancient Great Wall, taking first Ta-t’ung and then Shuochou. On May 8, Yen was finally able to mount a counteroffensive, which retook Shuochou and pushed Chang's Ankuochün back out of northern Shansi.]

   • 2005 March 21, “WORLD IN BRIEF”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 January 2024‎^[4]:

     The blast occurred Saturday at the Xishui Colliery in Shuozhou, a major coal mining area in Shanxi province.

   • 2019 June 20, David Stanway, “China coal hub Shanxi slams seven cities for pollution spike in 2019”, in Sherry Jacob-Phillips, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 2019-06-21, Environment‎^[6]:

     All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朔州 (zh) (Shuòzhōu)