Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chuxiong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Chu-xiong
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Yi autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.

Example Sentences

"Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get more money.""
"Wen Xueping, a family planning official in Yunnan’s Chuxiong prefecture, said the couple will not be forced to abort the baby but have been warned of the consequences of having it. Couples who violate the child policy face hefty fines and — if they have government jobs — face being sacked."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 楚雄

Inflected Forms

Ch'u-hsiung (alternative) Chuhsiung (alternative)

Questions

What does chuxiong mean?: A Yi autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.
Where does chuxiong come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).

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