Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leizhou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Lei-zhou
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

name

A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

Example Sentences

"Total China, a subsidiary of France's Compagnie Fran,caise des Petroles, said today that it had discovered significant hydrocarbon shows at the site of its first well off the China coast. The well is 12 miles west of China's Leizhou peninsula."
"APRIL 28, GUANGDONG PROVINCE Chen Kangbing, 33, broke into a primary school in Leizhou, Guangdong province, and stabbed 16 students and one teacher with a knife. He had been laid off as a teacher at a nearby school district."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 雷州

Inflected Forms

Lei-chou (alternative)

Synonyms

Luichow Luichew

Questions

What does leizhou mean?: A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
Where does leizhou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu).

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