changshu
/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃu/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Example Sentences
- "The American Church Mission Hospital at Changshu was formally opened in September."
- "For example, one report told of how the Changshou County Chemical Fertiliser Plant (in Jiangsu province) was financed.[...]Anecdotal reports such as the one from Changshou County implied that much of the investment funding for small fertiliser plants was raised locally, outside of the state sector."
- "He noted the opening of a Toyota China branch this year in Nanjing, Jiangsu’s capital and the site of a massacre under Japanese occupation in 1937. Toyota has also opened a technical center in Changshu, east of Nanjing."
- "The IVFC, which took place in Changshu, Suzhou, China in November 2018, attracted a diverse group of teams looking to showcase their latest developments in AV technology. In addition to teams from university research institutes, innovative startup companies and vehicle manufacturers engaged in developing driverless cars participated in the competition. The challenge was hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and organized by the Changshu Municipal People’s Government."
Etymology
From Mandarin 常熟 (Chángshú).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 常熟
Inflected Forms
Ch'ang-shu (alternative)
Changhsu (alternative, misspelling)