Ho-Tchu (now Quanhzou)

Chinese汉语 translation: 福州

22:58 Sep 29, 2009
English英语至Chinese汉语翻译 [专业]
Social Sciences - 地理学
English英语词条或短语: Ho-Tchu (now Quanhzou)
Quanhzou is 泉州市. Ho-Tchu is supposedly its former name during Ming Dynasty. Any idea what it is in Chinese? Thanks.
FourSeasons
Local time: 18:12
Chinese汉语翻译:福州
说明:

In Taiwanese (similar to the language spoken in Fujian province), it sounds like 福州.

The following reference should confirm the guess:

"福州市(闽东语:Hók-ciŭ;英语:Fuzhou,Foochow或Hockchew)...因丰州境内有泉山,改名泉州,而隋开皇十二年(592年),原丰县改称闽县。"
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/福州市

Just for your reference.



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Note added at 38 mins (2009-09-29 23:36:55 GMT)
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original: In Taiwanese (similar to the language spoken in Fujian province)

correction: In Taiwanese (dialect spoken in Taiwan, similar to the dialect spoken in Fujian) - more precisely (as opposed to official spoken language, Mandarin)

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4 +1福州
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Quanzhou = Wade-Giles: Ch'üan2-chou1; Min Nan (Hokkien): Chôan-chiu; aka (English) Chinchew/Chinchu
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ho-tchu (now quanhzou)
福州


说明:

In Taiwanese (similar to the language spoken in Fujian province), it sounds like 福州.

The following reference should confirm the guess:

"福州市(闽东语:Hók-ciŭ;英语:Fuzhou,Foochow或Hockchew)...因丰州境内有泉山,改名泉州,而隋开皇十二年(592年),原丰县改称闽县。"
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/福州市

Just for your reference.



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Note added at 38 mins (2009-09-29 23:36:55 GMT)
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original: In Taiwanese (similar to the language spoken in Fujian province)

correction: In Taiwanese (dialect spoken in Taiwan, similar to the dialect spoken in Fujian) - more precisely (as opposed to official spoken language, Mandarin)



Shirley Chen
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Local time: 11:12
母语: Chinese汉语
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同意  Alvin Liu
1小时
  -> Thank you, Alvin.

中性态度  mr guo: just want to underline that 福州 and 泉州 are two different cities in the same province, i've also found 武荣州 as the former name of 泉州
1天 13小时
  -> Yes, I agree. I guess "福州" was called "泉州" in just a period of time may be a few hundred years ago.
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4小时
Reference: Quanzhou = Wade-Giles: Ch'üan2-chou1; Min Nan (Hokkien): Chôan-chiu; aka (English) Chinchew/Chinchu

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanzhou#Geography
Quanzhou is a coastal prefecture bordered by Xiamen sub-provincial city to the south west. It also forms another border with Zhangzhou and Longyan prefecture level city towards the west. Putian and Fuzhou forms Quanzhou's north east border and Sanming from the north.

Quanzhou (Chinese: 泉州; pinyin: Quánzhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'üan2-chou1; Min Nan (Hokkien): Chôan-chiu) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. ... In older English works, its name may appear as Chinchew or Chinchu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanzhou#History
In The Travels of Marco Polo, Quanzhou (called Zayton, T'swan-Chau or Chin-Cheu) ...

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