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Guangzhou Pronunciation
Guangzhou is pronounced GWANG-zoo, IPA /ˈgwæŋˌzu/.
GWANG-zoo
US /ˈgwæŋˌzu/
Syllables: GWANG · zoo (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: A city of about eighteen million people in southern China, known in older English writing as Canton.
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Guangzhou in a Sentence
- Guangzhou sits at the head of the Pearl River delta.
- The trade fair in Guangzhou runs twice a year.
- Most of the factories moved inland from Guangzhou after 2010.
Common Mispronunciations of Guangzhou
Not goo-ang-ZOO
The gua at the front is a single beat, gwang, with nothing between the g and the w.
Not GWANG-joo
English readings hand that zh to a plain z, which is what the printed form here gives.
Tip: In Mandarin the name is nearer gwahng-JOH, and the English form is an approximation of it.
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