shenzhen
/ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
Example Sentences
- "Encyclopædia Britannica In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong."
- "Over the next two years, China set up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business. Shenzhen was a planned showcase city, willed into being by leaders in Beijing and supported by government ministries and the companies under them."
- "The tiny 0.8-square-kilometer Luohu District was where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone really got off to a good start."
- "The blockage of the Suez Canal in March? No, there is another disruption in global shipping. This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), from 深 (shēn, “deep”) + 圳 (zhèn, “irrigation ditch”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 深圳
Inflected Forms
Shen-chen (alternative)
Shenzheng (alternative, misspelling)