Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tengzhou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Teng-zhou
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.

Example Sentences

"Zhang Shijun’s letter issued earlier this month urged Chinese president Hu Jintao to “use his wisdom” to officially reassess the “June Fourth tragedy, the event in China’s recent history that causes bitter weeping and choking back tears.” He was taken away by police from his home in Tengzhou, Shandong province, around 2 a.m. on Friday, the Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch group said."
"Mr. Qi was originally detained after he wrote a series of articles in the state-run media detailing corruption among local party officials in the city of Tengzhou."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滕州 (Téngzhōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 滕州

Synonyms

Teng County

Questions

What does tengzhou mean?: A county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
Where does tengzhou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滕州 (Téngzhōu).

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