Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chengdong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Cheng-dong
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Xining, Qinghai, China.

Example Sentences

"According to QINGHAI RIBAO, on the second day of the lunar new year, Zhao Haifeng, secretary of the provincial CPC Committee, (Zhang Jifu), deputy mayor of Xining, and other leading comrades went to a new residential area in (Linjiaya), (Yuanshan) in (Chengdong) District, Xining City, to call on those people of Hui Nationality who were previously transferred to the rural areas and have now been approved to live in the city."
"Though the walls have since been razed, the boundaries they once demarcated remain salient as Xining's contemporary street grid follows the path where they once stood. Most residents still recognize the city's Chengdong District, which sits on top of the former Muslim city, as the Hui Quarter."

Etymology

From Mandarin 城東 /城东 (Chéngdōng).

Word Breakdown

Root: 城東

Rhymes With

badong yadong ǃkung bazhong chengzhong xinrong xigong xiangdong anlong

Questions

What does chengdong mean?: A district of Xining, Qinghai, China.
Where does chengdong come from?: From Mandarin 城東 /城东 (Chéngdōng).

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