Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ch'ien-lung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
ch'ien-lung
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 乾隆 /干隆 (Qiánlóng).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chienlung (alternative) Ch'ien Lung (alternative) Chien Lung (alternative)

Questions

What does ch'ien-lung mean?
Alternative form of Qianlong
Where does ch'ien-lung come from?
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 乾隆 /干隆 (Qiánlóng).

How to pronounce ch'ien-lung

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