Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiuzhaigou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: Jiu-zhai-gou
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A nature reserve and national park located in Ngawa prefecture in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.

name

A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.

Example Sentences

"The Jiuzhaigou [Chiuchaikou] preserve will be in a region of dense forests, springs and lakes. Giant pandas, golden monkeys and takins are all to be found there."
"Certainly Fargesia sp. is an adequate food source, pandas in the Jiuzhaigou reserve and some other areas subsisting entirely on it."
"Taxi - Taking a taxi from Jiuzhaigou County to the scenic area is about RMB 10."
"From January 2013 to October 2013, Songpan County, which includes the Huanglong preserve, had 3.22 million visitors,[…]Jiuzhaigou County had 4.76 million visitors last year."
"Fallen trees are seen blocking a road after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China August 8, 2017."

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 九寨溝 /九寨沟 (Jiǔzhàigōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 九寨溝

Inflected Forms

Chiu-chai-kou (alternative)

Questions

What does jiuzhaigou mean?: A nature reserve and national park located in Ngawa prefecture in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.
Where does jiuzhaigou come from?: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 九寨溝 /九寨沟 (Jiǔzhàigōu).

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