qu
/kˈu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[…]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees."
- "At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu)."
- "As we have seen, the people of Guide/Shangqiu have traced the history of their city back well before the Ming and especially to the Han period. The People's Republic has recognized that heritage by naming the district subordinate to Shangqiu city the Liangyuan qu (Liang Garden District) and the district subordinate to Guide the Suiyang qu (Suiyang District) (see Map 3)."
- "Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 區