Guangzhou

British  

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdzəʊ /

noun

1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton

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Guangzhou Cultural  

1. City in southern China; a transportation, industrial, financial, and trade center of southern China; a major deep-water port.

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It was formerly called Canton.

Guangzhou was the first Chinese port regularly used for trade, especially following the Opium War (1839–1842), and was the seat of the revolutionary movement under Sun Yat-sen in 1911.

Example Sentences

Born in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Lai was 12 when he arrived in Hong Kong as a stowaway on a fishing boat.

From BBC

The team applied this approach in two major Chinese cities, Guangzhou and Xi'an.

From Science Daily

These large stores in cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin will close from Feb. 2, but the Swedish furniture retailer said its other stores in the same cities will remain open.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was then that she asked her friend in their hometown Guangzhou to buy it for her.

From BBC

When Sun’s husband faced some trouble getting lobsters through China Customs at Guangzhou’s international airport, she reached out to Liang for help, according to text messages shown during the trial.

From The Wall Street Journal