Foochow

American

[foo-chou, foo-joh] / ˈfuˈtʃaʊ, ˈfuˈdʒoʊ /

noun

Older Spelling. Fuzhou.
Also called Northern Min. a dialect of Chinese spoken in and around Fuzhou.

Foochow British

/ ˈfuːˈtʃaʊ /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Fuzhou

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FUCHOW, Fu-Chau, Foochow, a city of China, capital of the province of Fu-kien, and one of the principal ports open to foreign commerce.

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Son of a Chinese magistrate in Foochow, Chen Wenyuan was born a Buddhist.

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Besides the missionaries who visited Foochow, other travelers speak of finding groups of underground Christians in many villages and cities.

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Bubonic plague broke out in Foochow, and in north China was apparently moving on Peiping and Tientsin.

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Amoy and Foochow were being scrutinized closely.

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