shih-shou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Shishou.
Example Sentences
- "At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu. Under the Han, formed part of the Hsien of Hua-jung. The Chin detached rom^([sic – meaning from]) it the Shih-shou Hsien, which, suppressed by the earlier Sung, was re-established by the T’ang (621) and since the Ming dynasty has been a dependency of the Fu of Ching-chou."
- "Shih-shou county, where the dike broke, had further epidemics in summer which caused innumerable deaths. Chien-li and Sung-tze counties likewise suffered from epidemics and serious famine."
- "Following this Chang wrote, at Pi Yüan’s request, two others — for Ch’ang-te prefecture in Hunan and Ching-chou prefecture in Hupeh (1792-93). In 1792 he went over the manuscript of still another (of Shih-shou district in Ching-chou), again at Pi’s asking."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 石首, -