Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shishou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
Shi-shou
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石首 (Shíshǒu).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shihshow (alternative) Shih-shou (alternative)

Questions

What does shishou mean?
A county-level city of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Where does shishou come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石首 (Shíshǒu).

How to pronounce shishou

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