xuhui
/ʃuːhweɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Because of the pressures exerted, in some areas it was unnecessary for the ch'ü IPPE committees to take any action at all. For example, in Hsühui ch'ü all the firms which the IPPE Committee had intended to inspect came forward and made voluntary confessions, apologizing for their sins."
- "(Hsinlo) and (Hsuchen) neighborhoods in Hsuhui District, which have offered educational classes for educated youths since September and November, respectively, have recently invited returning educated youths to attend these classes free of charge."
- "According to a report from Xuhui District, over 40 of its intersections are blocked."
- "Another boy and a woman were also stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai."
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徐匯 /徐汇 (Xúhuì, literally “Xu Confluence”), a clipping of 徐家匯 /徐家汇 (Xújiāhuì, literally “Xu Family Confluence”) in reference to the prominence of the Xu family in the area during the Ming dynasty and the previous junction of several streams and canals in the district's Xujiahui neighborhood.
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 徐匯
Inflected Forms
Hsu-hui (alternative)