Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiujiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: ji-u-jiang
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

name

A town in Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.

name

A district of Wuhu, Anhui, China.

Example Sentences

"The Yangtze divides Jiujiang in Jiangxi province and Huanggang in neighbouring Hubei, one of the cities hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak and now sealed off from the rest of China to try to contain it."
"Hubei has been under virtual quarantine for the last week, with roads sealed off and public transport shut down. The province extended its Lunar New Year holiday break to Feb. 13 in a bid to contain the outbreak. But some people are leaving Hubei on foot over a bridge spanning the Yangtze river, entering Jiujiang city in neighbouring Jiangxi province."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九江 (Jiǔjiāng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 九江, 鳩江

Inflected Forms

Kiukiang (alternative) Kievkiang (alternative) Chiu-chiang (alternative) Chiuchiang (alternative)

Questions

What does jiujiang mean?: A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
Where does jiujiang come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九江 (Jiǔjiāng).

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