guizhou
/(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
Example Sentences
- "The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie."
- "Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below."
- "A mudslide in the south-western province of Guizhou has resulted in 15 deaths. Thirty people are still missing as the search continues."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 貴州
Inflected Forms
Gueijhou (alternative)
Gueizhou (alternative)
Kueichow (alternative)
Kweichow (alternative)
Kueichou (alternative)
Kuei-chou (alternative)
Queicheu (alternative, obsolete)
Quicheu (alternative, obsolete)
Kouitchou (alternative, obsolete)
Koeitchoo (alternative, obsolete)