Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chu-hsi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: chu-h-si
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Zhuxi.

Example Sentences

"The 1829 edition of the history of Chu-hsi county, in the extreme northwest of Hupei, said that the overwhelming majority of the local population were immigrants, mostly from Shensi and Kiangsi and also from Honan, Chihli, and Shantung."
"As for the rice trade in Hupeh, it is noteworthy that in the early nineteenth century, rice from Chu-shan and Chu-hsi-two districts in hilly north-western Hupeh-was even demanded by Hsün-yang and Pai-ho in southern Shensi (28)."
"About forty miles southeast of modern Chu-hsi 竹溪 County in Hupei (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 1:17)."

Etymology

From Mandarin 竹溪 /竹谿 (Zhúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu²-hsi¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 竹溪//竹谿, -

Questions

What does chu-hsi mean?: Alternative form of Zhuxi.
Where does chu-hsi come from?: From Mandarin 竹溪 /竹谿 (Zhúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu²-hsi¹.

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