Guangdong

American  

[gwahng-dawng] / ˈgwɑŋˈdɔŋ /

(Older Spelling) Kwangtung

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in southeastern China. 89,344 sq. mi. (231,401 sq. km). Canton.

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Guangdong British  

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a province of SE China, on the South China Sea: includes the Leizhou Peninsula, with densely populated river valleys; traditionally also including Macao and Hong Kong; the only true tropical climate in China. Capital: Canton. Pop: 79 540 000 (2003 est). Area: 197 100 sq km (76 100 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

But it isn’t clear those workarounds would deliver enough fuel to support the world’s largest trucking fleet on roads from Guangdong to Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Xu praised the Chinese government and said "nourishment" from Guangdong has been "inseparable" from Shein's success.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

He worked 12 hours a night in a huge parcel sorting centre in Guangdong, with a 30-minute break each shift and four days off per month.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

"Oxygen evolution is one of the biggest barriers to efficient hydrogen production," said corresponding author Yanlin Qin of the Guangdong University of Technology.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025

In 1937—just four years before Joey’s diagnosis—lepers in the Chinese province of Guangdong were promised an allowance of ten cents.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly