also: こわんちょう · こあんちょう
noun
Refers to the city of Guangzhou (formerly Canton) in southern China. The reading こうしゅう is the standard Japanese on'yomi; katakana forms コワンチョウ/コアンチョウ approximate the Mandarin pronunciation.
from Chinese Guǎngzhōu
See also: 広州 (こうしゅう)
広州は中国南部の重要な商業都市です。
Guangzhou is an important commercial city in southern China.
来月、広州に出張します。
I'm going on a business trip to Guangzhou next month.
From Chinese 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu). The Japanese reading こうしゅう is the on'yomi of the kanji; the katakana forms are phonetic approximations of the Mandarin pronunciation.