Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xiaodian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xiao-dian
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"In the early Ming Dynasty, Pingjin county seat (its ruin is located near the Chengxi Village of Xiaodian District) was severely flooded, then the county office had to move onto the ruin of the Ancient Jinyang City of Fenxi and changed back to the old name of Taiyuan County at the 8th Year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1375)."
"In the retail sector, Wal-Mart opened its 44th Chinese store in the city in 2005. It is situated in the basement of Hexin Shopping Plaza on Changfeng Jie in Xiaodian district."
"Lishi District 离石区 in Lüliang and Xiaodian District 小店区 in Taiyuan had a strikingly high percentage of young population, around 60 percent."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 小店 (Xiǎodiàn).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 小店

Questions

What does xiaodian mean?: A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Where does xiaodian come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 小店 (Xiǎodiàn).

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