Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Su-bei
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Example Sentences

"In western Gansu, including Subei and Minle Counties, the lower part of the Xiaoshihugou Formation contains purple-red, thick- to thin-bedded, fine-grained sandstone."
"CHINA Some of China's main nuclear facilities: Subei: Jiuquan Atomic Energy Complex, including plutonium production and weapons assembly."
"Twenty two people have been put in quarantine in Subei county near Jiuquan after a man died last week from pneumonic plague, the West China Business News reports. The national health authorities have sent experts to help deal with the case."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肅北 /肃北 (Sùběi).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Su-pei (alternative)

Questions

What does subei mean?: A Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
Where does subei come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肅北 /肃北 (Sùběi).

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