gaodeng
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Meanwhile, the Mazu islands included a number of smaller islands, including Beigan (北竿) and Gaodeng."
- "In addition to Taiwan Island, Taipei governs some distant groups of islands/ rocks (Mazu Islands and Kinmen Islands), some of which are located at a sight distance from mainland China (e.g., Gaodeng Island is located 9 km from mainland China and Kinmen Islands are situated a couple of km east of China’s Xiamen city)."
- "A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing."
- "For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets. When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (北竿), Nangan (南竿) and Dongyin (東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (亮島) and Gaodeng (高登), with each tour lasting three months."
- "According to Lii, while port declarations show that boats carrying lobsters applied 33 times to leave for Daqiu Island, which is currently uninhabited, ship records show that the vessels instead sailed to waters off Gaodeng Island, which is located nearly 9.25 kilometers from the Beijiao Peninsula in China's Fujian Province, where they made transactions with Chinese fishing boats at sea."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 高登