Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qiaokou

/ˌt͡ʃjaʊˈkoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Qiao-kou
IPA: /ˌt͡ʃjaʊˈkoʊ/

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"When the Northern Expedition reached Wuhan in 1927 Li Ts'ai-lien, although only a girl of fifteen, plunged headlong into revolutionary work and was active as a trade union organizer in the workers' district of Ch'iao-k'ou."
"Hankou’s industries were concentrated either on the outskirts of Jiang’an District or in Qiaokou District."
"In Wuhan’s Qiaokou district, at the Zirun Mingyuan apartment community where about 10,000 people live, men, women and children stood under umbrellas while elderly residents perched on stools as they waited to get tested at four sites set up in the middle of the compound."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礄口 /硚口 (Qiáokǒu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 礄口

Inflected Forms

Ch'iao-k'ou (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce qiaokou?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌt͡ʃjaʊˈkoʊ/.
What does qiaokou mean?: A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Where does qiaokou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礄口 /硚口 (Qiáokǒu).

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