Tsao-chuang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 棗莊枣庄 (Zǎozhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsao³-chuang¹.[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dzouʹjwängʹ

Proper noun

Tsao-chuang

  1. Alternative form of Zaozhuang
    • 1964, “SHANTUNG”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 20, →OCLC, page 472:
      The mining development at Tsao-chuang is one of the largest and most mechanized in China.
    • 1972 December, Hsiao Wen, “China's new discoveries of ancient treasures”, in The UNESCO Courier, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:
      In 1969, two peasants from Tsao-chuang in Shantung province unearthed the official seal of Han Linerh, a leader of the Red Kerchief rebels formed in 1368 during the peasants’ revolt, before the fall of the Yuan dynasty.
    • 1986, John K. Fairbank, Albert Feuerwerker, The Cambridge History of China, volume 13, Cambridge University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 768:
      Then in early January 1947, Communist units retreating from northern Kiangsu joined with others from central Shantung to counter-attack their pursuers at Tsao-chuang in southern Shantung.

Translations

References

  1. Zaozhuang, Wade-Giles romanization Tsao-chuang, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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