suzhou
/ˈsuˈt͡ʃoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An industrial park in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Synonym of Suzhou Creek: A river in Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long.
name
Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.
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A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
name
A district of the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
Example Sentences
- "The number of people killed in the collapse of an annex of a hotel in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou has climbed to 17, local authorities reported Wednesday, according to state news agency Xinhua."
- "There were more than 200 reported cases in Anhui's Suzhou city on Monday. Since the outbreak was detected on June 26, the province has reported more than 1,000 cases, according to the Suzhou municipal government."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 蘇州, 宿州, 肅州
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsuˈt͡ʃoʊ/
- British English: /suːˈt͡ʃəʊ/
Inflected Forms
Soochow (alternative, obsolete)
Suchow (alternative, obsolete)
Sucheu (alternative, obsolete)
Su-chou (alternative)
Suchou (alternative)