Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xiuying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xiu-ying
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.

Example Sentences

"When gang leader Chen Xinfu was apprehended in Haikou, capital of south China’s island province of Hainan, earlier this month he told his arresting officers: “Guys, take good care of me, for old times’ sake.” Unlike the hundreds of other mob bosses who have been rounded up in recent months, Chen has a special relationship with the police: before his descent into the criminal underworld, he was deputy head of the public security bureau in the city’s Xiuying district."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秀英.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 秀英

Questions

What does xiuying mean?: A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.
Where does xiuying come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秀英.

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