shao-kuan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Shaoguan.
Example Sentences
- "The next four months were stormy. Dr. Sun "dismissed" Governor Ch'en, who withdrew to Huichow (Waichow). Then on May 11, Sun launched his campaign into Kiangsi from Shao-kuan, which was the head of the railway from Canton northward."
- "A railway led northwards from Canton about 140 miles to Shao-kuan, from which point there was a toilsome ascent to a pass and a 30-mile portage to a tributary of the Hsiang River, which flows northwards through Hunan towards the Yangtze."
- "One evening, three days later, Liu Shao-ch'iao told Hung T'ung-yeh that the Revolutionary Army of Kwangtung, having already pacified the interior of that province, was preparing to launch the Northern Expedition. The main force of the Northern Expedition army would come down from Shao-kuan upon Hunan and Hupei."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 韶關, -