Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zikawei

/ziːkɑːˈweɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zikawei
IPA: /ziːkɑːˈweɪ/

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.

Obsolete

name

Synonym of Xuhui, the larger district of Shanghai, China, surrounding Xujiahui.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Bishop was allowed to say daily Mass, and the others to receive Holy Communion sometimes, but no more than that. Some of these were singled out as "Communists" and shot or tortured. One of the latter is now a theologian here at Zikawei."
"Tou Se Wei was actually the name of a second village south of Zikawei. A publishing house, another convent, and a collection of orphanages for boys and girls were located here. Although most of the Zikawei buildings have survived, almost all the Tou Se Wei buildings have been destroyed."
"Shortly thereafter the orphanages were moved to Zikawei. The Sisterhood of the Presentation was founded in 1855, with its motherhouse at Zikawei."

Etymology

A romanization of the Shanghainese pronunciation of Chinese 徐家匯 /徐家汇 (⁶zhi-ka₁-we₆).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 徐家匯

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Synonyms

Xujiahui Xuhui

Questions

How do you pronounce zikawei?: The recorded pronunciation is /ziːkɑːˈweɪ/.
What does zikawei mean?: Synonym of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Where does zikawei come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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