samsui

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Synonym of Sanshui: the Cantonese-derived name.

"It’s believed that between 1934 and 1938 close to 200,000 of these women arrived in Singapore and Malaya. One group that stood out from the throng were those women who hailed from Guangdong’s Samsui county (in Mandarin Sanshui, literally ‘three rivers’)."
"When we went back, the Samsui county, like government ... [received us] with red carpet ... really big shot [that is, treated as important guests]."

From Cantonese 三水 (saam1 seoi2).

Samsui chicken Samsui woman

Sanshui

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