Quanzhou

• (from Wade–Giles) Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃwɑnˈt͡soʊ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu, literally “spring prefecture”).

• (from Tongyong Pinyin) Cyuanjhou

Quanzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China.
   • 1984, quoting Zhuang Weiji, Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars‎, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147:

     Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque. The area overlooked in the Jin River and was known as South Quanzhou, or the “Foreign District.” It was here that merchants from overseas and their families had lived during Song and Yuan.

   • 2016, “Fujian”, in China‎, DK, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 297, column 1:

     Located on the Jin River, Quanzhou was China’s principal port during the Song and Yuan dynasties.

   • 2023 February 8, Chen, Kelvin, “Swiss parliamentarian delegation visits Taiwan's Kinmen”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 08 March 2023, Politics‎:

     He said that four years ago, the island began receiving water from the Jin River, in Quanzhou, China, and now 70-80% of Kinmen's water comes from China.

• Zeitoun, Zaitun, Zayton, Zaytun, Zaytoun, Zeytoun
• Chinchew, Chinchu, Chin-chiu, Tsuan-tsiu
• Chuanchow

• Quanzhounese

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 全州 (Quánzhōu, literally “round prefecture”).

Quanzhou

1. A county in Guilin, Guangxi, China.

Quanzhou f

1. Quanzhou (a city in Fujian, China)

   Synonym: Chincheu