Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tzekwei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tzek-wei
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Zigui.

Example Sentences

"Tzekwei (秭歸) and Patung (巴東) produce about ten thousand tons."
"The same formation is shown farther east on the Yangtze at Tzekwei district (=Kweichow Fu) in western Hupeh and on the Taning-ho where it was named the Kweichow formation by Willis and Blackwelder."
"During a vacation in 1923, Li and his assistant, Zhao Yazeng (Y. T. Chao), investigated the geology of the Yangtze Valley from Ichang to Tzekwei, which subsequent geologists have classified as belonging to the Paleozoic stratigraphy of central China."

Etymology

From Mandarin 秭歸／秭归 (Zǐguī).

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does tzekwei mean?: Alternative form of Zigui.
Where does tzekwei come from?: From Mandarin 秭歸／秭归 (Zǐguī).

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