Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

century of humiliation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tu-ry of hu-mil-i-a-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1945 or 1949.

Example Sentences

"Anyone not familiar with allusions to figures from ancient China’s history, or even the tumultuous events of the Century of Humiliation (from 1839 to 1949 and commemorated by a marble obelisk in T’ien-an-men Square) would find Mao's writings abstruse or even bizarre."

Etymology

Derived from Chinese 百年國恥 /百年国耻 (bǎinián guóchǐ). Coined in 1915 in opposition to the Twenty-One Demands by the Japanese Empire.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 百年國恥

Inflected Forms

the century of humiliation (canonical)

Phrases

sick man of East Asia Chinese Century

Frequently Paired Words

sick man of East Asia Chinese Century

Questions

What does century of humiliation mean?: The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1945 or 1949.
Where does century of humiliation come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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