Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ch'u-hsiung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: ch'u-h-si-ung
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Chuxiong.

Example Sentences

"The town of Ch’u-hsiung is walled, rather long, and possesses about 15,000 inhabitants. In the Han dynasty Ch'u-hsiung belonged to the territory of I Chou."
"Sung Yung-hsi of Ch’u-hsiung was a government student during the Chia-ch’ing period."
"Most of the Yunnan silver is produced in Ch’u-hsiung, Yung-ch’ang, and Ta-li, with Ch’ü-ching and Yao-an ranking second, followed by Chen-yuan.[…]At Ch’u-hsiung, a different method is used. Because of the low lead content of the local ore, lead is purchased from other places for the purpose of smelting."

Etymology

From Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu³-hsiung².

Word Breakdown

Root: 楚雄, -

Questions

What does ch'u-hsiung mean?: Alternative form of Chuxiong.
Where does ch'u-hsiung come from?: From Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu³-hsiung².

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