Zhuhai

See also: Zhūhǎi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuˈhaɪ/
  • (hyperforeign) enPR: jo͞oʹhīʹ[2]
  • Hyphenation: Zhu‧hai

Proper noun

Zhuhai

  1. A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
    • 2002, Margaret Thatcher, Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World‎[2], HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:
      In 1992, at the age of eighty-eight, Deng visited the Shenzhen and Zhuhai Special Economic Zones in order to defend his policies against Party critics.
    • 2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE‎[3], sourced from Hong Kong (EFE), archived from the original on 5 December 2023‎[4]:
      Super typhoon Saola made landfall in southeast China’s Guangdong province early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in Shenzhen city and the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao.
      The typhoon made landfall around 3:30 am south of the city of Zhuhai, located along the coast of Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center said.

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References

  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 348:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Chuhoi (Chuhai, Zhuhai), […]
  2. ^ “Zhuhai” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

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