po-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Bozhou.
Example Sentences
- "With Pi’s removal from Honan, Chang lost his backing in the Kuei-te position and was obliged to relinquish it. In the winter we find him in nearby Po-chou, Anhwei, enjoying the hospitality of the magistrate P’ei Chen, who had been a friend since Chang's Peking days."
- "According to his own account, he was brought up by a stem and patriotic grandfather, Hsin Tsan, magistrate of Po-chou (in the northern part of modern Anhwei province), who was unable, because of his large family, to follow the government into exile [PP 3]."
- "Po chou in the northwest corner of Anhwei was located on a river which joined the Huai river near Feng-yang fu city. Po chou city contained four pao inside the wall and three more plus part of a fourth in its kuan."
- "On hand to welcome the Central and Eastern Army Corps to Po-chou, a district in northern Anhwei province, were Chi Wen-yüan and his Western Army Corps, who had reached there June 10th (the exact itinerary is still obscure)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 亳州, -