tai po
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Although there is very little information in either their written or oral records about how Ho Chung was settled, it is interesting that the immigrant Wai-Pun was discriminated against in Tai Po, a market town dominated by Cantonese, and that his son moved to Cheung Shue Tan, a large Hakka village, two kilometers southeast of Tai Po."
- "On Friday, police found body parts in an apartment near Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s outlying New Territories."
- "It was after dark on a Tuesday evening in December 2017 when the vans pulled onto Island House Lane, a placid side street of residential complexes and community garden plots in the suburban Tai Po district.[…] The pangolin’s value has increased with its rarity — the shipment seized in Tai Po had a street value of around $300,000."
- "A 19-year-old was left seriously wounded after being attacked near the “Lennon Wall” pro-democracy message board in Tai Po on Saturday afternoon.[…] Police said the case was classified as wounding, and was under investigation by the District Investigation Team of Tai Po District."
Etymology
From Cantonese 大埔 (daai⁶ bou³).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 大埔