Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t'ai-chou

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: t'ai--chou
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Taizhou, Zhejiang.

name

Alternative form of Taizhou, Jiangsu.

Example Sentences

"At that time the surrounding country constantly harried by banditti who had occupied a stronghold in the mountains between Tʻai-chou and Chin-hua."
"He was a native of Tʻai-chou (modern Lin-hai) on the central Chekiang coast, from a family that engaged in sea transport of salt."
"At this time Wang Shou-ken, while governor of Kiangsi province, was discussing philosophical problems related to his theory of liang-chih. He already had many followers south of the Yangtze, but Wang Ken in far off T'ai-chou knew nothing about this."
"About 700 tan of barley were collected and sold in Tʻai-chou, while 450 tan of wheat were dispatched to the monastery from I-cheng and elsewhere."

Etymology

From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 台州, -, 泰州

Questions

What does t'ai-chou mean?: Alternative form of Taizhou, Zhejiang.
Where does t'ai-chou come from?: From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹.

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