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English
Etymology
From Zhejiang + -ese.
Adjective
Zhejiangese (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the province of Zhejiang.
1993, Mr. Zhong, “Final words”, in soc.culture.hongkong (Usenet):Let me just make certain things clear. With regards to HongKong-->Xianggang, since I now use exclusively Mandarin, I am only calling the city by its MANDARIN CHINESE name just as Cantonese speakers say Hearng Korng and Zhejiangese and Fujianese and Shanghainese call it differently.
1999, Hein Mallee, Frank N. Pieke, Internal and International Migration: Chinese Perspectives, →ISBN, page 232:"... Learning from other places in the country, we decided to "pool" money (jizi). But we had no idea how to pool money with the Zhejiangese, we were not even able to talk to them! ..."
2004, Katie Willis, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, State/Nation/Transnation: Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia Pacific, →ISBN, page 1976:Two of the leaders involved in preparing the ground for the Fujianese association in Italy were not born in Fujian but in Zhejiang, and, as some Fujianese pointed out, should thus traditionally be considered Zhejiangese.