Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xingguo

/ʃɪŋˈɡwoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xing-guo
IPA: /ʃɪŋˈɡwoʊ/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.

Example Sentences

"HSINGKUO county in the hilly region of southern Kiangsi province was one of China’s earliest revolutionary bases.[…] Surrounded by mountains and crossed by the Lienchiang River, Hsingkuo county lies in a beautiful natural setting."
"Chen Yi cursed as he had a hundred times since he had been carried from the front in Xingguo county six weeks ago with a bullet wound in his hip which refused to heal."
"There are very few geomancers in Xunwu County; most of them are from Xingguo."
"The 800-metre (2,600-foot) experimental Red Rail in southern China’s Xingguo county, Jiangxi province, used powerful magnets rich in rare earth elements to produce a constantly repelling force strong enough to lift a train with 88 passengers in the air, according to a report by state broadcaster China Central Television on Tuesday."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興國 /兴国 (Xīngguó).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 興國

Inflected Forms

Hsing-kuo (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce xingguo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɪŋˈɡwoʊ/.
What does xingguo mean?: A county of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Where does xingguo come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興國 /兴国 (Xīngguó).

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