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shao

/ʃˈaʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
shao
IPA
/ʃˈaʊ/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A former prefecture of imperial China near present-day Shaoguan, Guangdong.

name

Synonym of Shaozhou, former name of Shaoguan, a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong, China.

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles and Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various Chinese surnames.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shaos (plural)

Synonyms

Shaozhou former name of Shaoguan

Homonyms

hsiao schow shough

Rhymes With

how now allow wow bow thou cow dow mao vow brow howe

Questions

How do you pronounce shao?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈaʊ/.
What does shao mean?
A surname.
Where does shao come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce shao

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