chiang-men
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jiangmen.
Example Sentences
- "Around 1825, however, prior to the main shift, the major ports in Kwangtung and Fukien from which trade was carried on with Siam (see Maps 2, 3, 4) were (1) Canton and Chiang-men in the Cantonese emigrant area,[…]"
- "Other large cities in the delta are Kongmoon (Chiang-men), in Hsin-hui district, with a population in 1953 of 85,000, and Shih-ch’i, seat of Hsiang-shan (now Chung-shan) district, with a population of 93,000."
- "Among the vessels, five junks of 3,000 piculs (400,000-567,000 lbs.) came from Chiang-men (Kiangmui) in Kwangtung, one of 5,000 piculs from Chang-lin, and two of 3,000 piculs each from Amoy."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 江門, -