Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
tsou
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic group in Taiwan.

name

An Aboriginal Taiwanese language spoken in the Alishan region of Taiwan.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Tsou Cou, an autonym based on cou (“person”), itself from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Doublet of Thao.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Tsous (plural) Zou (alternative, Hanyu Pinyin)

Derived Forms

Tsouic

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tsou terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tsou terms

Questions

What does tsou mean?
An ethnic group in Taiwan.
Where does tsou come from?
From Tsou Cou, an autonym based on cou (“person”), itself from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Doublet of Thao.

How to pronounce tsou

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