chang-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Zhangzhou.
Example Sentences
- "In Chang-p’u county (Chang-chou prefecture), for example, a gazetteer records 1.475 tou of seed per mou were used, while in Hai-ch’eng, its neighbor to the east, a figure of 1.2 tou of seed per mou is noted."
- "Now, with one or two bottles of liquor, I can order a Taipei person to kill another. Why should I care: Most of the Taipei people are Chang-chou people, and we southerners are mainly Ch'uan'chou^([sic – meaning Ch'uan-chou]) people.""
- "After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor."
- "3. Since this country was near Chang-chou (Zhang's native city), the Chinese trade vessels often went there."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 漳州, -