Zhuzhou

See also: Zhūzhōu, zhǔzhóu, and zhùzhóu

English

Alternative forms

• Chuchow (dated)
• Chu-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: jo͞oʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Zhuzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.
   • [1974 August 5, Peter Green, “The Big-Character Posters on the Walls of China”, in Intercontinental Press‎^[3], volume 12, number 30, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1075, columns 2, 3:

     A June 27 Hsinhua report tells how 8,000 young people have been successfully "settled" and "re-educated" on the outskirts of Chuchou, a city in Hunan province. Success was achieved in this task because "the Chuchou municipal committee of the Chinese Communist party raised its consciousness of the struggle between the two lines during the great movement to criticize Lin Piao and rectify the style of work."]

   • [1978, Doing Business with the People's Republic of China: Industries and Markets‎^[4], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280:

     In the 1960s it was reported that Chinese uranium ore was only partly processed at the Chuchou Uranium Processing Plant in Hunan Province and was then sent to Czechoslovakia for further concentration.]

   • 2006 January 12, Jim Yardley, “China Chemical Spills Spur Plan to Guard Water Supply”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-06‎^[6]:

     In Hunan Province, a spill occurred Jan. 4 in the industrial city of Zhuzhou after workers cleaning up a wastewater ditch mistakenly diverted the sewage water into the nearby Xiangjiang River.

   • 2023 September 22, Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, “A Chinese dissident in transit at a Taiwan airport pleads for help in seeking asylum”, in AP News‎^[7], archived from the original on September 22, 2023, World News‎^[8]:

     In May, authorities in China’s southern Hunan province detained Chen after he made a posting on social media commemorating the crackdown. He described being harassed by state security police over the years during “sensitive periods” around the anniversary date.
     The rights group Chinese Human Rights Defenders said he was believed to have been held in a detention center in Zhuzhou, in Hunan, shortly after.

Translations

prefecture-level city of Hunan, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 株洲 (zh) (Zhūzhōu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3566, column 3