Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wuxue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Wu-xue
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"Heading downriver on leaving Wuhan, the steamer passes through Huangshi in eastern Hubei Province. […]Near the border with Jiangxi on the north bank is the town of Wuxue, noted for the production of bamboo goods."
"Meicuan Reservoir, impounded in 1958, is located at Meicuan town, Wuxue City, Hubei Province. It lies north of the midstream section of the Yangtze River (115°30' E and 30°17' N)."
"In a scruffy apartment building down a muddy back alley in the provincial town of Wuxue in Hubei Province, one of China's newest industries is taking off."
"After graduating from Hubei University with a specialization in Chinese language and literature, Wu Dingfu, a native of Wuxue City, Hubei Province, worked as a teacher in Wuxue Middle School in Guangji County from 1969 to 1980."
"China’s agricultural ministry said on Tuesday it had confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in central Hubei province. The disease was found to have killed six of a combined 147 pigs on two neighboring farms in Wuxue city, the ministry said."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武穴 (Wǔxué).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 武穴

Inflected Forms

Wusueh (alternative) Wu-hsüeh (alternative) Wu-hsueh (alternative) Wuhsueh (alternative)

Questions

What does wuxue mean?: A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
Where does wuxue come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武穴 (Wǔxué).

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