Wenzhou

American  

[wœn-joh] / ˈwœnˈdʒoʊ /

(Wade-Giles) Wenchou,

noun

Pinyin.

1. a seaport in southeastern Zhejiang province, in eastern China.

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Wenzhou British  

/ ˈwɛnˈtʃuː /

noun

1. a port in SE China, in Zhejiang province: noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 1 475 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The events in Wenzhou come the same week an underground church in the southwestern city of Chengdu said several of its key leaders had been detained.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

More than 1,000 miles away in Wenzhou, authorities began demolishing the Yayang Church building, as seen in video obtained by the non-profit ChinaAid, which monitors religious persecution.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

But senior administrators soon decided NIH’s claims that Wang held a position at Wenzhou Medical University and had received a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China did not hold up.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2023

He worked his way up to the post of Communist Party leader of Wenzhou, a position he held for three years until 2004.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

She paid “tens of thousands” of yuan for plastic surgery in nearby Wenzhou, then bought a new ID card bearing the name Jiang Mouhong in Shanghai.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023