Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qidu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qidu
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Keelung, Taiwan.

name

A town in Wujiang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Example Sentences

"The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed on Wednesday that 16 people working for a cargo and freight company in Keelung's Qidu District have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but reassured the public that the disease is not contagious."
"A man surnamed Chen (陳) on Wednesday (March 9) was charged with growing marijuana at his residence in Qidu District, Keelung City."
"He said that this, and the discovery of the new firefly species, shows that Keelung has a good natural habitat and clean water supply, particularly in Nuannuan and Qidu districts. He added that in addition to the new species found in Nuannuan, during a survey conducted in five different parts of Keelung as part of the project, the highest number of fireflies were found in the Youruei (友蚋) area of Qidu District (七堵)."
"Puppeteers perform a Kunqu Opera play in Qidu Town in Wujiang District of Suzhou City, China."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 七堵 (Qīdǔ).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 七堵, 七都

Inflected Forms

Cidu (alternative) Ch'i-tu (alternative) Chitu (alternative)

Questions

What does qidu mean?: A district of Keelung, Taiwan.
Where does qidu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 七堵 (Qīdǔ).

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