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Guizhou

American  
[gwee-joh] / ˈgwiˈdʒoʊ /

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a province in southern China. 67,181 sq. mi. (173,999 sq. km). Guiyang. Also Kweichow

  2. former name of Fengjie.


Guizhou British  
/ ˈɡweɪˈdʒəʊ /

noun

  1. a province of SW China, between the Yangtze and Xi Rivers: a high plateau. Capital: Guiyang. Pop: 38 700 000 (2003 est). Area: 174 000 sq km (69 278 sq miles)

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The logic of construction in places like Guizhou, with its cooler climates, abundant renewable energy and empty space, is multifaceted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

It provides a steady supply of gas to China’s southern provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong and Fujian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

Not far from Return Home Hunan, new restaurants offer food from three southern Chinese provinces: There’s the Guizhou rice noodles place, the Guangxi river snail noodles shop and stinky tofu from the province of Hunan.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Huangguoshu Waterfall, a famous tourist destination in the southwestern Guizhou province, has been helped by a water diversion project from a nearby dam since 2006 to maintain its flow during the dry season.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

A suspect has been arrested, the Guizhou TV post said.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

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