baise
/baɪ.si/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Example Sentences
- "After having made contact with General Chennault and the OSS, Ho left for Kwangsi to visit the Dong Minh Hoi. This time he went to Paise instead of Liuchow because Liuchow had fallen into Japanese hands on November 11, 1944."
- "Liu Jih-fu was an oldtime Kwangsi military leader. When the Kwangtung army captured Nanning, he withdrew his 3,000 to 4,000 men to Paise (Poseh) near the Yunnan border and fought on there."
- "According to Xinhua news agency, both the route and the timetable of the torch relay were adjusted on Sunday in order to minimize disturbance on the examinees in Baise, a city in southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region."
- "Why did the outbreak in Baise spark fears around the world about the key metal? Where is Baise? Located near the border with Vietnam, Baise is nicknamed the "aluminium capital of southern China". Home to around 3.5 million people, Baise is a hub for aluminium mining and production."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
Pai-se (alternative)