汕头市 汕頭市 shàn tóu shì Shantou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture 潮南区 潮南區 cháo nán qū Chaonan District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 南澳岛 南澳島 nán ào dǎo Nan'ao Island in Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2], Guangdong 澄海 chéng hǎi Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 南澳 nán ào Nan'ao County in Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2], Guangdong / Nan'ao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan / abbr. for 南澳大利亞州|南澳大利亚州[Nan2 ao4 da4 li4 ya4 zhou1], South Australia 南澳县 南澳縣 nán ào xiàn Nan'ao County in Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2], Guangdong 朝阳区 朝陽區 cháo yáng qū Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing / Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2chun1 Shi4], Jilin / Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 潮南 cháo nán Chaonan District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 潮阳 潮陽 cháo yáng Chaoyang District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 潮阳区 潮陽區 cháo yáng qū Chaoyang District, Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 澄海区 澄海區 chéng hǎi qū Chenghai District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 濠江 háo jiāng Haojiang District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 濠江区 濠江區 háo jiāng qū Haojiang District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 金平 jīn píng Jinping District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 金平区 金平區 jīn píng qū Jinping District of Shantou City 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 韩山师范学院 韓山師範學院 hán shān shī fàn xué yuàn Hanshan Normal University, Shantou, Guangdong 龙湖 龍湖 lóng hú Longhu District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 龙湖区 龍湖區 lóng hú qū Longhu District of Shantou city 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], Guangdong 番禺 pān yú Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong / Panyu County in Guangdong province 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 粤港澳大湾区 粵港澳大灣區 yuè gǎng ào dà wān qū Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong 汕头 汕頭 shàn tóu see 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4tou2 Shi4] 山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top syn 汕头大学 汕頭大學 shàn tóu dà xué Shantou University 汕 shàn bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 韶关市 韶關市 sháo guān shì Shaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 阳江市 陽江市 yáng jiāng shì Yangjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 东莞市 東莞市 dōng guǎn shì Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 佛山市 fó shān shì Foshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 江门市 江門市 jiāng mén shì Jiangmen, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 湛江市 zhàn jiāng shì Zhanjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 中山市 zhōng shān shì Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 珠海市 zhū hǎi shì Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 佛山地区 佛山地區 fó shān dì qū Foshan prefecture in Guangdong 惠州市 huì zhōu shì Huizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 惠阳地区 惠陽地區 huì yáng dì qū Huizhou prefecture 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong 揭阳市 揭陽市 jiē yáng shì Jieyang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 梅州市 méi zhōu shì Meizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 汕尾市 shàn wěi shì Shanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 河源市 hé yuán shì Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 清远市 清遠市 qīng yuǎn shì Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 湛江地区 湛江地區 zhàn jiāng dì qū Zhanjiang prefecture in Guangdong 潮州市 cháo zhōu shì Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 肇庆地区 肇慶地區 zhào qìng dì qū Zhaoqing prefecture in Guangdong 肇庆市 肇慶市 zhào qìng shì Zhaoqing, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 茂名市 mào míng shì Maoming, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 云浮市 雲浮市 yún fú shì Yunfu, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 韶关地区 韶關地區 sháo guān dì qū Shaoguan prefecture in Guangdong 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 福冈 福岡 fú gāng Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan / Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 副地级市 副地級市 fù dì jí shì sub-prefecture-level city (county level division, administered by province, not under a prefecture) 张掖地区 張掖地區 zhāng yè dì qū Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu) 恩施市 ēn shī shì Enshi prefecture-level city in Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] 承德地区 承德地區 chéng dé dì qū Chengde prefecture (old name) / now Chengde prefecture-level city 台南府 臺南府 tái nán fǔ Tainan Prefecture, a prefecture of Taiwan under Qing rule 莆田地区 莆田地區 pú tián dì qū Putian prefecture (old term) / since 1983, Putian, prefecture-level city, Fujian 地市 dì shì prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues) syn 广东 廣東 guǎng dōng see 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 天河 tiān hé Milky Way / Tianhe District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong syn 顺德 順德 shùn dé Shunde, a district of Foshan 佛山市[Fo2shan1 Shi4], Guangdong 珠江 zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong) 中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa 潮州 cháo zhōu see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 岭南 嶺南 lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi 龙华 龍華 lóng huá Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺[Long2 hua2 Si4] in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区[Long2 hua2 Qu1] of Shenzhen, Guangdong 阳春 陽春 yáng chūn Yangchun, county-level city in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[Yang2 jiang1], Guangdong syn 南沙 nán shā Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong 暨南大学 暨南大學 jì nán dà xué Jinan University in Guangdong Province, with 4 campuses in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 京广 京廣 jīng guǎng Beijing and Guangdong 丹霞 dān xiá Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong / Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) 两广 兩廣 liǎng guǎng the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional) 新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 粤海 粵海 yuè hǎi Guangdong-Hainan 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 罗浮山 羅浮山 luó fú shān Mt Luofushan in Zengcheng county, Guangdong 丹霞山 dān xiá shān Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong 五岭 五嶺 wǔ lǐng the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3] 端砚 端硯 duān yàn high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong 陈炯明 陳炯明 chén jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong 九嶷山 jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong 英石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 泷 瀧 shuāng Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水) 广东省 廣東省 guǎng dōng shěng Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4] (abbr. to 粵|粤[Yue4]) 滘 jiào place name in Guangdong 太石村 tài shí cūn Taishi village (in Guangdong province) 广州市 廣州市 guǎng zhōu shì Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 黄埔 黃埔 huáng pǔ Huangpu District, Guangzhou / Whampoa (old transliteration) / Guangdong Harbor 蕉岭县 蕉嶺縣 jiāo lǐng xiàn Jiaoling County in Meizhou 梅州[Mei2 zhou1], Guangdong 梅县 梅縣 méi xiàn Meixian county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong 南海区 南海區 nán hǎi qū Nanhai, a district of Foshan 佛山市[Fo2shan1 Shi4], Guangdong 南山 nán shān Nanshan or Namsan, common place name / Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong 三水区 三水區 sān shuǐ qū Sanshui, a district of Foshan 佛山市[Fo2shan1 Shi4], Guangdong 深圳河 shēn zhèn hé Shenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC 深圳市 shēn zhèn shì Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3] 