Leizhou

See also: Léizhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Lei-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu).

Proper noun

Leizhou

1. A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
2. A county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
   • 2010 May 12, Lucy Hornby, Huang Yan, “Factbox: Attacks on Chinese schools this year”, in Jeremy Laurence, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 May 2022, World News‎^[2]:

     APRIL 28, GUANGDONG PROVINCE
     Chen Kangbing, 33, broke into a primary school in Leizhou, Guangdong province, and stabbed 16 students and one teacher with a knife. He had been laid off as a teacher at a nearby school district.

Synonyms

• Luichow
• Luichew

Translations

county-level city in Guangdong, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷州 (leoi⁴ zau¹)

  Hokkien: 雷州 (Lûi-chiu)

  Mandarin: 雷州 (zh) (Léizhōu)

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Luichow Peninsula”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1095, column 1
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Leizhou Peninsula”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1712, column 3