Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chia-yü

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: chi-a-yu
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jiayu.

Example Sentences

"²⁶ The fire at Red Cliff is a reference to the battle fought on the Yangtze River to the northeast of Chia-yü County in modern Hupeh between the joint forces of Wu and Shu and the armada of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period."
"Hupeh Chang Fu-hua of Chia-yü was a provincial graduate of Hsien-feng and T'ung-chih times."
""At Wu-ch'ang County there were 19 ch'ing, 86 mou, of changed-ownership fields." "At Chia-yü 嘉魚 County a total of 1,573 ch'ing, 45 mou, for changed-ownership fields and the White-Sand dam.""

Etymology

From Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yü².

Word Breakdown

Root: 嘉魚, -

Questions

What does chia-yü mean?: Alternative form of Jiayu.
Where does chia-yü come from?: From Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yü².

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