chu-shan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Zhushan.
Example Sentences
- "I followed up the Ton-ho valley as far as Chu-shan, where I met Captain Mahon, and thence travelled along the overland trade route to Hing-an-Fu, on the Han river."
- "From one of the turquois dealers in Si-ngan fu the information was given me that the turquoises traded there come from the prefecture of Yün-yang in Hu-pei Province, while another more especially point to the district of Chu-shan, situated in the same prefecture, as the place of production. The Imperial Geography (Ta Ts'ing i t'ung chi, Ch. 272),³ in the chapter dealing with Yün-yang fu, contains no allusion to this fact, and mentions in an enumeration of the mountains of the Chu-shan district only one producing stones, the Fan shi shan, deriving its name from the fan shi or alum formerly produced there."
- "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)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 竹山, -