Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongzhou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: Tong-zhou
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Beijing, China.

name

A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

Example Sentences

"The centerpiece of the plan will be an administrative center in the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, a historic move that reverses decades of urban planning that wedged government offices into the imperial city center."
"A residential project in the capital city that went on sale in October in the eastern district of Tongzhou offered a 1% discount to buyers if they made down-payments within seven days to one month, a salesperson told Reuters."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 通州

Inflected Forms

Tungchow (alternative) T'ung-chou (alternative)

Questions

What does tongzhou mean?: A district of Beijing, China.
Where does tongzhou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).

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