Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tai o

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: tai o
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

name

A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Example Sentences

"A short ride down the hill by bus is the fishing village of Tai O, once the source of most of the colony's salt, now surrounded by abandoned salt pans through which white herons carefully pick their way. With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism."
"The Tian Tan Buddha is on Lantau Island, west of the airport — nearly as far as Tai O."
"Villagers of flood-prone Tai O have begun preparations for what could be one of the strongest storms to hit Hong Kong since records began."

Etymology

From Cantonese 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³).

Word Breakdown

Root: 大澳

Questions

What does tai o mean?: A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Where does tai o come from?: From Cantonese 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³).

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