Shaoxing
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Shaoxing 绍兴市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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 Location of Shaoxing City jurisdiction in Zhejiang |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yu Zhihong (俞志宏) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,279.1 km2 (3,196.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 4,912,239 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0575 |
| GDP 2015 | ¥446.6 billion |
| GDP per capita 2015 | ¥100,811 |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙D |
| Website | www |
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"Shaoxing" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Simplified Chinese | 绍兴 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 紹興 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Shaohing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | (An era of the Song dynasty) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Postal | Kwaiki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shanyin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 山陰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Shanyin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shàoxīng |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Shawshing |
| Wade–Giles | Shao4-hsing1 |
| IPA | [ʂâu̯ɕíŋ] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Soh-shing |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Siuh-hīng |
| Jyutping | Siu6-hing1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Siāu-heng |
| Middle Chinese | |
| Middle Chinese | d͡ʒjèw xing |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kuàijī |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Kuayji |
| Wade–Giles | K‘uai4-chi1 |
| IPA | [kʰu̯âi̯tɕí] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Kwae-ji |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Kui-kāi |
| Jyutping | Kui3-kai1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Kuè-ke |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shānyīn |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Sayeen |
| Wade–Giles | Shan1-yin1 |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Sae-yin |
Shaoxing ([ʂâu̯ɕíŋ]; Chinese: 绍兴) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in eastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (Yuè) from the area's former inhabitants. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. As of 2010, its population was 4,912,339 inhabitants. Among which, 1,914,683 (Keqiao and Yuecheng districts) lived in the built-up metropolitan area of Hangzhou-Shaoxing, with a total of 8,156,154 inhabitants.
Notable residents of Shaoxing include Wang Xizhi, Zhou Enlai, Lu Xun, and Cai Yuanpei. It is also noted for Shaoxing wine, meigan cai, and stinky tofu, and was recently featured on A Bite of China. Its local variety of Chinese opera sung in the local dialect and known as Yue or Shaoxing opera is second in popularity only to Peking opera. In 2010, Shaoxing celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the city.
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