The province's name derives from the Zhe River (浙江, Zhè Jiāng), the former name of the Qiantang River which flows past Hangzhou and whose mouth forms Hangzhou Bay. It is usually glossed as meaning "Crooked" or "Bent River", from the meaning of Chinese 折, but is more likely a phono-semantic compound formed from adding 氵 (the "water" radical used for river names) to phonetic 折 (pinyin zhé but reconstructed Old Chinese *tet), preserving a proto-Wu name of the local Yue, similar to Yuhang, Kuaiji, and Jiang. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is the former name of the Qiantang River? ANS1 Zhe River QSN2 What does the mouth of the Qiantang River form? ANS2 Hangzhou Bay QSN3 What does Zhe mean in Chinese? ANS3 Crooked QSN4 Which river does the province of Zhejiang derive its name from? ANS4 Zhe River QSN5 What does the Qiantang River flow past? ANS5 Hangzhou