昭通

Zhāotōng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhaotong, city in northeastern Yunnan province

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

昭通在云南省东北部。

Zhāotōng zài Yúnnán Shěng dōngběibù.

Zhaotong is in the northeast of Yunnan province.

HSK 6

昭通靠近四川和贵州，冬天比昆明冷得多。

Zhāotōng kàojìn Sìchuān hé Guìzhōu, dōngtiān bǐ Kūnmíng lěng de duō.

Zhaotong is next to Sichuan and Guizhou, and its winters are much colder than Kunming's.

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history

Under the Yongzheng Emperor the Qing replaced the local Yi chiefdom of 乌蒙 with direct rule and in 1731 renamed the prefecture 昭通, usually explained as "bright and open".

Stroke Order

昭 zhāo

通 tōng