杭州

Chinese

surname; Hangzhou
 
province; prefecture; state; county
simp. and trad.
(杭州)

Etymology

The province's name derived from 餘杭余杭 (Yúháng), traditionally glossed as a mistake for (“Yu's ferry”) but more likely a transcription into Old Chinese characters of a native Proto-Wu placename.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

杭州

  1. () Hangzhou, a former imperial capital and the present capital of Zhejiang province in China.
  2. () Hangzhou Bay, the adjacent bay of the East China Sea separating Shanghai and Ningbo.
  3. (historical) Hang Prefecture or Province, a former division of imperial China.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
しゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

杭州 (hiragana こうしゅう, rōmaji Kōshū)

  1. Hangzhou
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