Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhuhai

/ˈt͡ʃuˈhaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: Zhu-hai
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuˈhaɪ/

21

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.

Example Sentences

"In 1992, at the age of eighty-eight, Deng visited the Shenzhen and Zhuhai Special Economic Zones in order to defend his policies against Party critics."
"Super typhoon Saola made landfall in southeast China’s Guangdong province early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in Shenzhen city and the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao. The typhoon made landfall around 3:30 am south of the city of Zhuhai, located along the coast of Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center said."

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 珠海

Inflected Forms

Chu-hai (alternative) Chuhai (alternative)

Synonyms

Chuhoi

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce zhuhai?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃuˈhaɪ/.
What does zhuhai mean?: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
Where does zhuhai come from?: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi).

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