zigong
/ˌ(d)zɪˈɡɒŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Example Sentences
- "Peking Radio broadcast about one particular department in the Szechwan city of Tzu-kung illustrated how easily the bureaucrats could influence the soldiers: There was a close connection between the department and the . . . Tzukung Municipal CCP Committee. Work was carried out by the department under the leadership of the municipal CCP committee."
- "In Tzukung, Szechuan province, extremely thin and soft strips that are almost transparent are cut from love bamboo and used to weave objects with “hidden designs” like those of figured silk. The warp and weft strips must cross at least a thousand times."
- "More than 800 lanterns handmade in Zigong in China’s Sichuan province will be presented to Auckland, honoring a centuries-long tradition dating from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-221 A.D.) to usher in the new year with light."
- "At least 16 people died in a fire at a shopping mall in southern China, state media reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred at a shopping complex in Zigong, a city in western Sichuan province."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 自貢
Inflected Forms
Tzu-kung (alternative)