Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xinwu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xin-wu
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Example Sentences

"Soap maker Mary & Majestic Inc (美琪生技) yesterday said that it will spend NT$700 million (US$23.12 million) to build a new factory in Xinwu Township (新屋鄉), Taoyuan County, in April, aiming to increase its annual revenue to between NT$1 billion and NT$1.5 billion from the current NT$500 million in the next five years."
"The accident reportedly took place late Saturday, as the men returned to shore after wading out into the waters near Yongan Fishing Port in Taoyuan's Xinwu District to perform a ritual to send away the evils and diseases while praying for peace and good fortune."
"After the removal of an elected official in Hualien with household registration in China, Taoyuan is mulling the dismissal of a local borough chief who failed to renounce her Chinese citizenship. Peng Hsiao-lin (彭小林), the chief of Hejian Borough in Taoyuan’s Xinwu District is a Chinese spouse who has resided in Taiwan for 32 years, reported LTN."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新屋 (Xīnwū).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Hsinwu (alternative) Sinwu (alternative)

Questions

What does xinwu mean?: A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Where does xinwu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新屋 (Xīnwū).

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