Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qiu

/tʃu/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: qiu
IPA: /tʃu/

12

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname from Mandarin Chinese.

name

A county of Handan, Hebei, China.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丘/邱 (Qiū)/秋 (Qiū)/裘 (Qiú), etc.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 丘

Inflected Forms

Qius (plural) Chiu (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce qiu?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃu/.
What does qiu mean?: An English surname from Mandarin Chinese.
Where does qiu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丘/邱 (Qiū)/秋 (Qiū)/裘 (Qiú), etc.

How to pronounce qiu

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