Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shan-t'ou

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: shan-t'ou
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Shantou.

Example Sentences

"Thus, the northeastward movement of the Yao after their arrival in Kuang-tung brought them into the Ch'ao-chou and Shan-t'ou (Swatow) sector of the province and later into Fu-chien and Che-chiang Provinces."
"1931, 9 August, Fuyan Island, near Fuchou, China The steamship, Kwong Sang, was wrecked here during a typhoon while bound from Shanghai to Shan-t'ou with a crew of six British officers and forty-four Chinese."
"1921, March 18. The Chinese steamship Hong Koh sank near Swatow (Shan-t'ou); approximately 1,000 were killed."

Etymology

From Mandarin 汕頭 /汕头 (Shàntóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².

Word Breakdown

Root: 汕頭, -

Questions

What does shan-t'ou mean?: Alternative form of Shantou.
Where does shan-t'ou come from?: From Mandarin 汕頭 /汕头 (Shàntóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².

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