Suizhou

See also: Suízhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Suichow (Postal Romanization)
• Sui-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 隨州／随州 (Suízhōu).

Proper noun

Suizhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
   • 1994 January 18, Glen Collins, “Bells of Bronze Age Show the Complexity Of Old China's Music”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts‎^[2]:

     The tomb contained percussion, string and wind instruments in a remarkable state of preservation, including the largest assemblage of Bronze Age bells ever recovered. Discovered in 1977, near the city of Suizhou in Hubei Province in central China, the tomb, from the fifth century B.C., has long been considered "one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 20th century," said Peter A. Young, editor in chief of the magazine.

   • 2018 January 4, David Stanway, Michael Martina, Judy Hua, Ryan Woo, Brenda Goh, Zhang Min, “China warns of second wave of snow after blizzard alert lifted”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 2018-01-05, #ENVIRONMENT‎^[4]:

     All power in Suizhou, a small city of 2.5 million people in the north of central Hubei province, was down due to heavy snow, state broadcaster China Central Television reported.
     Temperatures in Suizhou are expected to plunge as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday.

Translations

prefecture-level city in central China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 隨州／随州 (ceoi⁴ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 隨州／随州 (zh) (Suízhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 쑤이저우 (ssu'ijeou)