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Guangzhou 广州 pinyin: Guǎngzhōu; also known as Canton (which was first romanized from the Cantonese pronunciation of Guangdong by the Portuguese) and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong.
| 北江 | Běi jiāng | Beijiang River |
| 东江 | Dōng jiāng | Dongjiang River |
| 广东省 | Guǎng dōng shěng | Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, abbr. 粤, capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州 |
| 广州 | Guǎng zhōu | see 广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4] |
| 广州市 | Guǎng zhōu shì | Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong / Canton |
| 港澳 | Gǎng Ào | Hong Kong 香港 and Macao 澳门 |
| 南大 | Nán dà | Nanjing University, NJU / abbr. for 南京大学[Nan2 jing1 da4 xue2] |
| 南海 | Nán hǎi | South China Sea |
| 番禺 | Pān yú | Panyu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong / Panyu county in Guangdong province |
| 丝绸之路 | Sī chóu Zhī lù | the Silk Road |
| 西江 | Xī jiāng | Xijiang River |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China / Middle Kingdom |
| 中国海 | Zhōng guó Hǎi | China Sea |
| 中国历史 | Zhōng guó lì shǐ | Chinese history |
| 中华人民共和国 | Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó | The People's Republic of China |
| 珠江 | Zhū jiāng | Pearl River (Guangdong) |
| 珠江三角洲 | Zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu | Pearl River Delta (PRD) |
| 别称 | bié chēng | another name / alternative name |
| 濒临 | bīn lín | on the verge of / close to |
| 称为 | chēng wéi | called / to call sth (by a name) / to name |
| 对外 | duì wài | external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) |
| 地处 | dì chǔ | to be located at / to be situated in |
| 地理位置 | dì lǐ wèi zhi | geographical location |
| 副省级城市 | fù shěng jí chéng shì | subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province) |
| 港口城市 | gǎng kǒu chéng shì | port city |
| 汇合 | huì hé | confluence / to converge / to join / to fuse / fusion |
| 或 | huò | maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 旧称 | jiù chēng | old term / old way of referring to sth |
| 交通枢纽 | jiāo tōng shū niǔ | traffic hub |
| 简称 | jiǎn chēng | abbreviation |
| 科教 | kē jiào | science education / popular science |
| 名城 | míng chéng | famous city |
| 毗邻 | pí lín | bordering / adjacent to |
| 起点 | qǐ diǎn | starting point |
| 入海口 | rù hǎi kǒu | estuary |
| 水道 | shuǐ dào | aqueduct / sewer |
| 省 | shěng | to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / CL:个[ge4] |
| 省 | xǐng | introspection / to examine oneself critically / awareness / to visit (an elderly relative) |
| 省城 | shěng chéng | a provincial capital |
| 省会 | shěng huì | provincial capital |
| 穗 | suì | ear of grain |
| 穗 | Suì | abbreviation of 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1] |
| 特大 | tè dà | exceptionally big |
| 通商口岸 | tōng shāng kǒu àn | treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers |
| 仙 | xiān | immortal |
| 型 | xíng | model / type (e.g. blood type) |
| 缘 | yuán | cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along |
| 垣 | yuán | wall |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep / CL:头[tou2], 只[zhi1] |
| 羊 | Yáng | surname Yang |
| 亦 | yì | also |
| 最大 | zuì dà | biggest / largest / maximum |
| 在此 | zài cǐ | hereto / here |
