chin sha
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
Example Sentences
- "Starting from the Tangla mountains it runs as a razor backed ridge some 3 miles high between the Chin Sha and the Mekong of Lang Ts’iang river until northern Yunnan is reached."
- "Immediately following the deliberations General Chiang issued telegraphic instructions to seven divis- ions of Kweichow troops, commanded by Generals Liu Hsing, Liu Chien-chu and others, to match to the succor of Yunnanese fordes, the report said. Szechuan troops, commanded by Generals Liu Wen-hui, Yang Sen, Liu Hsiang and others, are already marching southward, along the Chin Sha River, but are not expected to reach the front for some time."
- "It confessed that with the support and coverage of the “gang of four,” factional heads and colleagues have put all parts of Szechuan in their grip, especially the cities of Chungking, Chengtu, Tzukung, Yiping, Kwangyuan and Hochuan, as well as the mining areas along the Chin Sha River."
Etymology
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