Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sze yap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: sze yap
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Siyi.

Example Sentences

"Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon. Fighting has broken out at Yanping (in the Sze Yap districts)."
"I am of Sze Yap, not Sam Yap, origin. How could he have missed this vital point in my "thinly disguised family and life histories" and "personal vendetta"?"
"The majority of early immigrants came from the province of Guangdong, in southern China. Within Guangdong province, the immigrants specifically came from the agriculturally based Sze Yap (Four Counties) region."

Etymology

From Cantonese 四邑 (sei³ jap¹).

Word Breakdown

Root: 四邑

Synonyms

Siyi

Questions

What does sze yap mean?: Synonym of Siyi.
Where does sze yap come from?: From Cantonese 四邑 (sei³ jap¹).

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