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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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Meaning of "Hangzhou" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HANGZHOU

Hangzhou  [ˈhæŋˈdʒəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HANGZHOU

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Hangzhou is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HANGZHOU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hangzhou

Hangzhou

Hangzhou , also transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Hangzhou is also the center of the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, which is the fourth-largest metropolitan area nationally. It is governed as one of fifteen sub-provincial cities in China. As of 2010, Hangzhou prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people. The urban and suburban area of the Hangzhou municipality had a resident population of 6.242 million in 2010, of which 3.56 million lived in the six urban core districts. The built-up area including Shaoxing County and Yuecheng districts of Shaoxing was home to 8,156,600 inhabitants at the 2010 census. Within the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, about 21.102 million people were distributed over 34,585 square kilometres. A core city of the Yangtze River Delta, Hangzhou has a position on the Hangzhou Bay 180 kilometres southwest of Shanghai that gives it economic power. It has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China for much of the last 1,000 years, due in part to its beautiful natural scenery. The city's West Lake is its best-known attraction.

Definition of Hangzhou in the English dictionary

The definition of Hangzhou in the dictionary is a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay, at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities. Pop: 1 955 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HANGZHOU


banjo
ˈbændʒəʊ
Changzhou
tʃæŋdʒəʊ
coraggio
kɒˈrædʒəʊ
dojo
ˈdəʊdʒəʊ
Fuzhou
ˈfuːˈdʒəʊ
Guizhou
ˈɡweɪˈdʒəʊ
Jiaozhou
ˈdʒjaʊˈdʒəʊ
Jinzhou
ˈdʒɪnˈdʒəʊ
jo
dʒəʊ
Joe
dʒəʊ
Keijo
ˌkeɪˈdʒəʊ
Lanzhou
ˈlænˈdʒəʊ
mojo
ˈməʊdʒəʊ
rego
ˈrɛdʒəʊ
Shenzhou
ˈʃɛnˈdʒəʊ
Suzhou
ˈsuːˈdʒəʊ
Xuzhou
ˈʃuːˈdʒəʊ
Zhangzhou
ˈdʒæŋˈdʒəʊ
Zhengzhou
ˈdʒʌŋˈdʒəʊ
Zhou
dʒəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HANGZHOU

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
hanging glacier
hanging indentation
hanging judge
hanging offence
hanging pawn
hanging plant
hanging valley
hanging wall
hanging wardrobe
hangman
hangmen
hangnail
hangover
hangry
hangtag
Hanguk
hangul
Hania

WORDS THAT END LIKE HANGZHOU

cachou
Ch´ang-chou
Chaozhou
Cheng-chou
Chin-Chou
chou
Fu-chou
Guangzhou
holier-than-thou
Kueichou
kumarahou
Lan-chou
orihou
Su-chou
tauhou
thou
warehou
Wen-chou
Wenzhou

Synonyms and antonyms of Hangzhou in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hangzhou» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HANGZHOU

Find out the translation of Hangzhou to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hangzhou from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hangzhou» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杭州
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hangzhou
570 millions of speakers

English

Hangzhou
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हांग्जो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هانغتشو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ханчжоу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hangzhou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হংজ়ৌ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hangzhou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hangzhou
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hangzhou
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

杭州
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항주 (杭州)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hangzhou
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hàng Châu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ாங்கிழதோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हांगझोउ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hangzhou
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hangzhou
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hangzhou
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ханчжоу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hangzhou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χανγκζού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hangzhou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hangzhou
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hangzhou
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hangzhou

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HANGZHOU»

The term «Hangzhou» is very widely used and occupies the 15.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HANGZHOU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hangzhou

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QUOTES WITH «HANGZHOU»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Hangzhou.
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Jack Ma
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANGZHOU»

Discover the use of Hangzhou in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hangzhou and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Communist Takeover of Hangzhou: The Transformation of ...
In this detailed examination of the cultural dimension of regime change in the early years of the Revolution, James Gao looks at how rural-based cadres changed and were changed by the urban culture that they were sent to dominate.
James Zheng Gao, 2004
2
The Forgotten Christians of Hangzhou
Based on manuscripts from the once inaccessible former Jesuit library of Zikawei in Shanghai, this book breaks new ground in focusing on the generation that followed Matteo Ricci and other luminaries of the early China mission.
David E. Mungello, 1994
3
Southeast China, including Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen: ...
This Frommer's ShortCuts to Southeast China includes: Moganshan, Anji, Lin'an, Wuyishan, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jingde Zhen, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Search for more Frommer's ShortCuts.
Frommer's ShortCuts, 2012
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China
Hangzhou to: Beijing (4 daily; 16hr); Guangzhou (3 daily; 22-24hr); Nanchang ( daily; 12hr); Nanjing (8 daily; 5-7hr); Ningbo (8 daily; 3-4hr); Shanghai (22 daily; 2-3hr); Shaoxing (8 daily; 1hr 30min); Suzhou (9 daily; 3-4hr); Wenzhou (5 daily;  ...
David Leffman, Simon Lewis, Jeremy Atiyah, 2003
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Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, ...
For most visitors today, Hangzhou evokes sentimental feelings of a romantic past, where elegant temples, fine pagodas, and carved btidges frame the delicate landscape of rolling hills and are mitrored in the placid water of West Lake.
Joseph Esherick, 2001
6
The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion
More recently, Schereschewsky met Kaifeng Jews in Beijing, and this led to his visit to Kaifeng in 1867.14 HANGZHOU Hangzhou is located in East China and became prominent when the Sui dynasty (581-618) made it the southern terminus ...
Xin Xu, 2003
7
World and Its Peoples: China and Mongolia - Pt. 2
Hangzhou grew as a port along Hangzhou Bay and at the southern end of the Grand Canal, linking the city with a network of internal waterways. The city was founded more than 2,000 years ago during the Qin (Chin) dynasty, and it was later ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2007
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International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania
As the capital of the Southern Song, Hangzhou exploded with people and development. Just as the center of the empire had been pushed south, the center of Chinese culture shifted to Hangzhou as well. In a short period of time, Hangzhou ...
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, 1996
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Frommer's China
9 HANGZHOU ⧖㺿 185km (115 miles) SW of Shanghai Seven centuries ago, Marco Polo pronounced Hangzhou “the finest, most splendid city in the world . . . where so many pleasures may be found that one fancies oneself to be in Paradise.
Simon Foster, Jen Lin-Liu, Sherisse Pham, 2010
10
Shangai. Con Pianta. Ediz. Inglese
S 7.30am-8pm) Hangzhou Tourist Information Center (Hangzhou LOyou Zixun Fuwii Zhongxin) At the train station, near Leifeng Pagoda and other locations. HSBC (Huifeng Yinhang; cnr Qingchun Lu & Zhonghe Lu; R#S&, +ME&3£Xn) A ...
Damian Harper, David Eimer, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANGZHOU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hangzhou is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hundsun Tech Under Probe After China Stock Bust - Forbes
Jack Ma also took to Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging site, to defend Hundsun, saying he or Hangzhou has nothing to do with China's ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Faith in China govt's stock-market rescue shows risk of moral hazard …
The 23-year-old university student in Hangzhou, a city on China's eastern seaboard, has run into problems with the stock market. He borrowed ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
3
Beijing Guo'an - Hangzhou Greentown
Chinese Super League – Follow the Football match between Beijing Guo'an and Hangzhou Greentown live with Eurosport. The match starts at ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jul 15»
4
Beijing Guoan ease past Hangzhou Greentown in Chinese Super …
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Beijing Guoan overwhelmed Hangzhou Greentown 4-0 at home in the 18th round of 2015 Chinese Super League ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
5
Blount hosts Chinese exchange students
The gathering, involving more than 30 third- through seventh-grade students from Hangzhou, China — plus several parents and Hangzhou ... «The Daily Times, Jul 15»
6
Trains linking Hangzhou and Shenzhen halted due to typhoons
A bulletin showing the information of suspended passenger trains is set at Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's ... «ecns, Jul 15»
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The Eighth Joy City to be Opened in Hangzhou Boasting Urban …
Hangzhou Joy City comprises an urban complex and commercial properties with a combined gross floor area of 500,000 square metres. At the ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
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Joyoung Hope Kitchen's Food Education Program: Students Learn …
HANGZHOU, China, July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- "I don't like carrots. They taste strange." "I won't eat tomato. It doesn't taste good." "I don't like steamed rice, ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
9
Hangzhou Greentown - Tianjin Teda
Chinese Super League – Follow the Football match between Hangzhou Greentown and Tianjin Teda live with Eurosport. The match starts at ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jul 15»
10
Hangzhou Man Robs 200 Graves in 2 Months
Police in Jiande, Hangzhou arrested a grave robber who visited the local cemeteries every day and emptied more than 200 tombs in two ... «Beijing Today, Jul 15»

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