Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jinzhu

/d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Jin-zhu
IPA: /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/

25

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.

name

A town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China.

Example Sentences

"IN MID-AFTERNOON on March 8 a stone meteor flamed across Kirin, province and at 15:01:59 hours exploded over Chinchu commune outside the city of Kirin, shaking the earth.[…]Most fragments fell in Tatun commune outside Kirin and Chiangmifeng commune in Yungchi county. Larger ones fell in Chinchu commune."
"The Dromi Tsang House (kro me chong) is located in the region of Dabpa (,dab pa), in the village of Sumdu (gsum 'du, chin. Sangdui).[...]Another major town is Dapba (chin. Jinzhu), located some 28 km in the south."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).

Word Breakdown

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Inflected Forms

Chin-chu (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce jinzhu?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/.
What does jinzhu mean?: A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
Where does jinzhu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).

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