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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Wenzhou

Several other cities have followed: Chengdu deployed a mixed squad of quadruped and humanoid robots, Shenzhen is testing humanoids that shake hands with passersby, and a Wenzhou model literally rolls.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Yayang church, in the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang province, is one of China's unregistered churches that emerged as an alternative to places of worship regulated and approved by Beijing.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

A native of Wenzhou, China's "chess city", Ding triumphed in dramatic circumstances in Astana, the Kazakh capital.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

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 began his career in an irrigation station, then a tool factory in Rui’an, a county on the outskirts of Wenzhou, one of the most entrepreneurial cities in China.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023