Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slender west lake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
slen-der west- lake
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Etymology

Calque from Chinese 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú, literally “Skinny West Lake”), the adjective distinguishing it from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

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Synonyms

West Lake Shouxihu

Questions

What does slender west lake mean?
A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Where does slender west lake come from?
Calque from Chinese 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú, literally “Skinny West Lake”), the adjective distinguishing it from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

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