Huizhou

== English == === Alternative forms === Hui-chou (Wade–Giles) === Pronunciation === enPR: hwā′jō′ Hyphenation: Hui‧zhou === Etymology 1 === Borrowed c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 惠州 (Huìzhōu). ==== Proper noun ==== Huizhou A prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China. ===== Synonyms ===== Waichow (Postal, Cantonese) ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Waiyeung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2053, column 1: “Waiyeung (wī′yŭrng′), Mandarin Hui-yang (hwā′yäng′), […] Until 1912 called Waichow, Weichow, or Hweichow.” Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huizhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1330, column 2 === Etymology 2 === c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徽州 (Huīzhōu). ==== Proper noun ==== Huizhou (historical) A region in modern-day Anhui, in southeastern China. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Huizhou (uncountable) A group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ====