li-shui
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Lishui.
Example Sentences
- "In 1743, at the early age of 27, he became Prefect of Li-shui, about 50 miles south-east of Nanking."
- "In the fields near Li-shui there is an enormous camphor tree (illustration 1.) with a built-in niche containing incense cones and an earthenware dish for sacrifices. I also noticed a large number of prayer notes."
- "Skulls may haunt even without being so bitterly provoked. The country of Ch'u-cheu (in Chekiang province) is very mountainous. There, in the district of Li-shui, situated south of the peak of the Residence of the Immortal Genies, farmers plowing and sowing often break up waste ground, even as far as halfway up the mountains."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 麗水, -