Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pa-ch'u

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: pa-ch'u
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Bachu (Maralbexi)

Example Sentences

"Timur captured Pa-ch'u. Commander Yang was wounded and captured, and his troops were routed to Kashgar."
"Flourishing cotton fields abound also at So-ch'e, Maralbashi (Pa-ch'u), Shan-shan, Su-lo, and Korla."
"In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang."

Etymology

From Mandarin 巴楚 (Bāchǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-chʻu³.

Word Breakdown

Root: 巴楚, -

Questions

What does pa-ch'u mean?: Alternative form of Bachu (Maralbexi)
Where does pa-ch'u come from?: From Mandarin 巴楚 (Bāchǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-chʻu³.

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