ch'ang-tzu
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Changzi (Zhangzi)
Example Sentences
- "A chü-jen of 1657, he later served an exemplary ten months as magistrate of Ch'ang-tzu hsien in Shansi but was then cashiered for negligence in the case of an escaped person."
- "Truly, the Communist Party is the savior and benefactor of poor and miserable people. Had the Eighth Route Army come to Ch’ang-tzu a few years earlier, would my mother now be bedridden?"
- "The remaining princes assumed a position of neutrality, except [Yüan] Hui, the only [prince] who accompanied Emperor Chuang to the city of Ch’ang-tzu.³²"
- "Eastern Chou tombs in central northern China, at Ch’ang-tzu in Shansi, contained both bodies of real servants and replicas in wood."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 長子, -