Hangzhou

[ hahng-joh ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a seaport in and the capital of Zhejiang province, in eastern China, on Hangzhou Bay.

Hangzhou

/ ˈhæŋˈdʒəʊ /

noun

1. a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea), at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities (1927, 1959). Pop: 1 955 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

When Ma was still an English teacher in Hangzhou earning $12 a month, he gathered 17 men and women in his apartment.

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