Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhangqiao

/ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.t͡ʃɑʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Zhang-qiao
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.t͡ʃɑʊ/

31

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.

Example Sentences

"The group of seven had driven up to a village in Zhangqiao town in a minivan late one September night. There, they used home-made traps to catch the geckos, which they planned to sell. But they were caught and the 1,689 geckos that they caught were released back into the wild."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 張橋／张桥 (Zhāngqiáo).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Chang-ch'iao (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce zhangqiao?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.t͡ʃɑʊ/.
What does zhangqiao mean?: A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.
Where does zhangqiao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 張橋／张桥 (Zhāngqiáo).

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