yiwu
/iːˈwuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
Example Sentences
- "In the city, the old drum-tower now has the mottoes over each gate restored. West to Yiwu (Araturuk) in Xinjiang, north to the desert, south to the Qilian Mountains, and east to Hua Shan, it is certainly a graceful addition to a modernizing city."
- "In the Kaiyuan reign period of the Tang Dynasty, Beiting commissioner was appointed to command the troops in Hanhai, Tianshan and Yiwu (Araturuk). The troops in Yiwu (Araturuk) were stationed in Ganluchuan."
- "“Aratürk (Yiwu) County’s party committee and government has issued a plan to liberate farmers from the ketmen and herders from the qamcha,” said a high ranking county official who spoke on condition of anonymity. A ketmen is a traditional digging took used by Uyghur farmers, while a qamcha is a type of whip used by Uyghur herders."
- "The Yiugurs called the city Yiwu or Aratürük, close to Hami, Tuhulu 吐葫蘆."
- "Wu Han was born in Yiwu, Chekiang, in 1909, in a middle-class family too poor to pay for his education at National (Tsing Hua) University, where Wu supported himself by tutoring until his graduation in 1934."
- "The text of to-night's "communique" says:- [...]Heavy fighting is continuing in the East Chekiang province with the Japanese launching vigorous attacks at Kienteh and Yiwu to the north-east of Kinhawa, the provincial capital. The Japanese troops on the Railway first attacked the Chinese positions in the vicinity of Yiwu in mass formation and then split up into several small units and attempted infiltration tactics."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 伊吾, 義烏, 義武