Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaocun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Gao-cun
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Wuqing district, Tianjin, China, formerly a township.

name

A village in Gaocun, Wuqing district, Tianjin, China.

Example Sentences

"In 1991-1992, the Archaeology Section, Tianjin Municipal Museum of History, carried out survey and trial excavation at the Lancheng site to the south of Lancheng village in Gaocun township, Wuqing county, Tianjin, which resulted in the revelation of an ash-pit, an ash-trench and two wells."
"The first simultaneous vertical distribution measurements using aircraft and tethered balloon were conducted in Gaocun (a rural site between Beijing and Tianjin) on June 17th."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高村 (Gāocūn).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 高村

Inflected Forms

Kao-ts’un (alternative)

Questions

What does gaocun mean?: A town in Wuqing district, Tianjin, China, formerly a township.
Where does gaocun come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高村 (Gāocūn).

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