Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ch'ing-chiang-p'u

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: ch'ing-chi-ang-p'u
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Qingjiangpu.

Example Sentences

"Now the group of forty graduates were put to work as a partial solution to the shortage,¹³ and he went ahead with the establishment of a surveying bureau at Ch’ing-chiang-p’u, where the Grand Canal crosses the former course of the Yellow River."
"Couriers rode on donkeys or mules and usually covered part of the distance—between Yangchow and Chinkiang, and when the wind was favorable also between Yangchow and Ch’ing-chiang-p’u—by boat on the Grand Canal."
"I am employed as a female worker at the Prosperity Hosiery Factory, which is at Ch’ing-chiang-p’u [near Shanghai]."

Etymology

From Mandarin 清江浦 (Qīngjiāngpǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chiang¹-pʻu³.

Word Breakdown

Root: 清江浦, -

Questions

What does ch'ing-chiang-p'u mean?: Alternative form of Qingjiangpu.
Where does ch'ing-chiang-p'u come from?: From Mandarin 清江浦 (Qīngjiāngpǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chiang¹-pʻu³.

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