sijhih
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Xizhi.
Example Sentences
- "The 106-kilometer section between Hsinchu and Sijhih of this new 11 7-kilometer freeway was opened to traffic in 1997, and the entire line was completed in 1999."
- "By all accounts, the system worked as planned and the cities of Wudu and Sijhih were spared significant flooding as a result."
- "On July 18th, 2000, a heavy rainfall occurred in the upstream watershed of Pachang Creek and induced a rapidly huge flow peak. Unfortunately, 4 professional hydraulic workers were flushed away. Three months later, Sijhih was inundated again by Typhoon Xangsane and nearly 2/3 of the urban area was flooded. Respectively, Cidu District and Nuannuan District in Keelung City suffered catastrophic floods, which caused 64 casualties, 65 injured, 25 disappearance and inestimable loss of agriculture, fishery and property."
- "That programme, begun in the early 1990s, cost billions of Taiwan dollars, but eventually tamed the river, especially because of the Yuanshanzih flood diversion tunnel (sluiceway), which helps redirect run-off from the upper reaches of the river to the sea on the north-east coast, thus saving the often flooded townships of Rueifang and Hsichih (Sijhih)⁷ when future typhoons and heavy rains hit the area."
- "During October 2007, an epidemic of AHC occurred in Taiwan. Cases were first noted in the northern areas of Taiwan, including Keelung city, and Yunlin county. Within the next few days, the disease spread to Sijhih, a city in Taipei county south of Keelung, and Taipei city."
- "Kao said that students at the school first came into contact with samba drums thanks to Tsai, a business owner from the Dream Community in Taipei's Sijhih District."
Etymology
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 汐止 (Xìzhǐ), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Sìjhǐh.
Word Breakdown
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