Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanhai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: nan-hai
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.

name

A town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

name

A lake in Zhongnanhai, Xicheng district, Beijing, China.

Example Sentences

"A big poster recently appeared in Nanhai County of Kwangtung Province condemning the unpardonable crimes committed by Mao Tse-tung during his notorious lifetime, according to an intelligence source from behind the Iron Curtain. Entitled "Our debt of blood must be repaid in kind by pro-Mao reptiles," the poster was put on a "revolutionary martyrs' shrine" at Tali Park in Nanhai County on May 16."
"The Nanhai district of the Guangdong provincial city of Foshan in the GBA has ordered those Evergrande projects that are still under construction to be taken off the list as approved collaterals for mortgages and other loans."
"Grouped around Chung Hai (Middle lake) and Nan Hai (South lake), just west of the Palace museum, are the government buildings of the Chinese Communist regime."

Etymology

From Mandarin 南海 (Nánhǎi).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Nam Hoi (alternative, dated) Namhoi (alternative, dated) Nan-hai (alternative)

Rhymes With

by my why high on high try guy buy little guy why oh why july die

Questions

What does nanhai mean?: A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Where does nanhai come from?: From Mandarin 南海 (Nánhǎi).

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