Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xixiu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xi-xiu
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Anshun, Guizhou, China.

Example Sentences

"[…]rescuers watch as a bus that fell into a lake is recovered in the Xixiu District of Anshun, southwestern China’s Guizhou Province, Tuesday, July 7, 2020."
"Guizhou Hongyingda Construction Project Management Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the finance bureau of Xixiu district in Anshun city, issued a 1.8 billion yuan ($250 million) five-year non-public bond Friday with a coupon of 4.8%, according to a filing on Shanghai Stock Exchange’s private disclosure platform seen by Bloomberg."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西秀 (Xīxiù).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 西秀

Questions

What does xixiu mean?: A district of Anshun, Guizhou, China.
Where does xixiu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西秀 (Xīxiù).

How to pronounce xixiu

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “xixiu”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “xixiu”.
Repeat and practice — Say “xixiu” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.