Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gangwei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Gang-wei
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.

Example Sentences

"Also on 30 April, Trawler No. 1107 of Jinyu Island, Gangwei Town, Longhai County, Zhangzhou City was fishing a few nautical miles off Penghu Island when it was forcibly towed away by a KMT gunboat. The 16 crew members on board were detained for seven days by the garrisoned troops and were only released on 8 May."
"The Shenwo gneissic granite (DS-24-2) in the Gangwei area, south of Xiamen, belongs to the southern PDMB."
"An entrance guard clears mud at the gate of government of Gangwei Township in Longhai of Zhangzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 19, 2013."
"[…]we left Amoy at Four, arrived near Kang Beh [Gangwei 港尾] at 5 1⁄2, and walked Sunday morning before breakfast to the hot springs;[…]"

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 港尾 (Gǎngwěi).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 港尾

Inflected Forms

Kang-wei (alternative)

Synonyms

Chiang-wei

Questions

What does gangwei mean?: A town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.
Where does gangwei come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 港尾 (Gǎngwěi).

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