Chongzuo

See also: chōngzuò, Chóngzuǒ, and chóngzuò

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin form of the Mandarin 崇左 (Chóngzuǒ).

Proper noun

Chongzuo

1. A prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China.
   • 2021 November 20, Keith Bradsher, Li You, “Covid News: Cambodia’s Reopening Is Propelled by Vaccinations”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2021‎^[2]:

     The court statement and a report by the official Xinhua news agency said that Mr. Cao had symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, but did not say whether he had tested positive for the disease. Huang Qinmei, the deputy mayor of Chongzuo, the city of which Pingxiang is part, said at a news conference in May that Mr. Cao had tested positive.

   • 2023 July 6, Melissa Goldin, Karena Phan, “Videos of lions and other animals roaming city streets have nothing to do with protests in France”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on July 06, 2023‎^[4]:

     Two of the final clips show a herd of ostriches running down a city street. The videos match footage seen in January 2022 news reports about a herd that escaped from a farm in Chongzuo, China.

   • 2023 August 10, Julian Luk, “Exclusive: China's Nanfang to open major copper smelter ahead of expectations”, in Pratima Desai, Veronica Brown, David Evans, editors, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 10 August 2023‎^[6]:

     The 400,000 metric ton-per-year smelter, located in Chongzuo city of Guangxi prefecture, will start processing copper concentrates within three months - compared with market expectations for the first half of 2024.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崇左 (zh) (Chóngzuǒ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chongzuo”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 792, column 2