Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhaotong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: Zhao-tong
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

Example Sentences

"Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon^([sic – meaning Szechwan]), Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in Chaotung, Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces."
"The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT). Most of the deaths were in Zhaotong City, the Xinhua state news agency reported."
"Authorities in China's Yunnan province have reported that 47 people are missing after a landslide struck two villages near the city of Zhaotong early Monday morning, according to state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV)."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 昭通 (Zhāotōng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 昭通

Inflected Forms

Chao-t'ung (alternative) Chaotung (alternative)

Questions

What does zhaotong mean?: A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
Where does zhaotong come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 昭通 (Zhāotōng).

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