Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ma tau chung

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: ma -tau chung
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Example Sentences

"At last Ti Cheng and Ti Ping and their soldiers and ministers reached Mirs Bay, just east of Hong Kong. From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon. At Ma Tau Chung a palace was built for the young Emperor Ti Cheng. On a nearby hill the Emperor and his brother used to shelter in the shade of a great rock."
"In the following months the prisoners were reorganised so that the officers were housed at Argyle Street, the other ranks at Sham Shui Po and the Indians at Ma Tau Chung."
"Soon the link to the Indian prison camp at Ma Tau Chung was exposed, then the drivers to the other camps were hauled in for questioning."

Etymology

From Cantonese 馬頭涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹).

Word Breakdown

Root: 馬頭涌//

Questions

What does ma tau chung mean?: An area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Where does ma tau chung come from?: From Cantonese 馬頭涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹).

How to pronounce ma tau chung

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “ma tau chung”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “ma tau chung”.
Repeat and practice — Say “ma tau chung” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.