gaoyou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, in eastern China.
Example Sentences
- "Among the rebel leaders who appeared in the Huai area after the 1351 floods was a more ambitious man than Fang Kuo-chen, named Chang Shih-ch'eng 張士誠 (1321-1367). Like Fang, Chang had a salt trade background. Native to the Kao-yu region of modern Kiangsu province, north of the Yangtze, Chang and his brothers grew up as canal boatmen employed by the state salt monopoly."
- "Seven people were killed in Gaoyou city in neighboring Jiangsu province, the agency said, adding that 53 were injured. "Winds and heavy rain cut off power and telecommunications, ripped off rooftops and uprooted thousands of trees," a Gaoyou government official was quoted as saying."
- "Chen specifies that the river shrimp are from Gaoyou, a city in Jiangsu. “Its geographic advantage and waters contribute to the sweet and bouncy shrimps. The most prized river shrimp tends to be small, resembling an agate bead. So the dish represents a pairing of agate beads and gold ingots, representing affluence.”"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 高郵
Inflected Forms
Kaoyu (alternative)
Kao-yu (alternative)