chitu
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative spelling of Qidu (in Keelung, Taiwan).
Example Sentences
- "If you take the train or highway bus to Keelung, you will have to pass through a suburb town of Keelung --- Chitu, where you will certain notice a sky-high chimney which represents the location of[…]"
- "A new railway marshaling yard at Chitu midway between Taipei and Keelung will be inaugurated soon."
- "The fourth batch of 441 tons of rice donated by the Republic of China to Indochinese refugees was shipped to Malaysia July 13. The rice was loaded in 26 containers at Chitu near Keelung."
- "The sanitary sewerage development plan for the Taipei region covers the 16 administrative district[s] of Taipei city, 14 townships and villages of Taipei county and the Chitu district of Keelung city with a total area of 25,000 ha. and a[…]"
- "The storm, packing torrential rain, triggered heavy flooding in northern Taiwan, especially in the low-lying Hsichih, Chitu, and Keelung areas."
- "Keelung Water levels in flooded regions of Keelung reached as high as two stories yesterday after Friday night's torrential rainfall, with pumping stations out of order at several locations. Flooding hit Chitu, Paifu and Tingnei Townships most seriously, with water levels in heavily flooded regions reaching over 3m above safety levels."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 七堵, -