珠三角

Zhūsānjiǎo
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Pearl River Delta (PRD), megaregion of Guangdong including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhuhai, plus Hong Kong and Macau

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zài Zhūsānjiǎo zuò le shíjǐ nián de diànzǐ chǎng shēngyì.
He's been running an electronics factory business in the Pearl River Delta for over a decade.
HSK 6
Zhūsānjiǎo shì Zhōngguó zhìzàoyè zuì fādá de dìqū zhīyī.
The Pearl River Delta is one of China's most developed manufacturing regions.

Tips

usage
珠三角 is the standard short form of 珠江三角洲 ('Pearl River Delta'). News and business contexts use 珠三角 almost exclusively; the full form is reserved for geography textbooks.
culture
Often paired with 长三角 (Yangtze River Delta around Shanghai) as China's two great economic engines. Since 2017 the official policy term has been 粤港澳大湾区 (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area), but 珠三角 remains the everyday name.

Stroke Order

zhū
sān
jiǎo