matou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Madou.
Example Sentences
- "In a related area, Li Kuo-san, “king of the turkey ranchers,” says his business, in Matou, southern Taiwan, should supply 6,000 to 8,000 chicks a month to the turkey-raising farmers and 1,700 turkeys a month to restaurants."
- "The large collection of divine messages is entitled The Great Enlightenment Dragon-Phoenix Precious Mirror for Awakening the Lost (Ta-chueh Lung- Seng hsing-mi pao-chien 大覺鳳醒迷寶鑑 hereinafter TCLF), published in 1965 by the Chapel of Compassion and Goodness (Tz’u-shan t’ang 慈善堂) of the Society of Wisdom and Enlightenment (Hui-ming she 慧明社) in Matou township of Tainan country."
- "North of Tainan is Matou, a small and mostly uninteresting place except for its temple."
- "In 1997, for example, citizens in Tainan County’s Matou Township protested against the water pollution emitted by factories in their local industrial park, including two large leather tanneries."
- "Inspecting Matou Township (麻豆) in Tainan yesterday morning, Ma said in broken Hoklo (also called Taiwanese) that he had planned to visit on Aug. 9, but the county government had been preoccupied with the relief effort and could not make the arrangements. “I am here today to understand your problems,” he said. “We will do our best. Please don’t worry.” Ma visited Matou to inspect the agricultural losses to pomelo and pig farms. He also sat down with residents to hear their grievances."
- "The main highways here are Provincial Highway Tai 19 to Syuejia and the downtown of Jiali, County Highway South 24 to Jiangjun and Matou District."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^麻豆, -