Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinsha chiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chin-sha chi-ang
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Example Sentences

"For the remainder of its mountainous course the Yangtze, as the Chinsha Chiang or River of Golden Sand, continues to step downward by furious rapids in a great half-circle of eight hundred miles before leaving the Tibetan Plateau to enter the heavily cultivated Chinese farms of the Red Basin."
"Going ahead on foot he finally came in the following year to Chinsha Chiang (River of the Golden Sand) where he made a very important geographical discovery, namely, that this Golden Sand River was actually the upper reaches of the great Yangtze."
"Adding to the singularity of this physical formation is the Chinsha Chiang, which furrows a zigzag course on the northern section of the province before it flows into Szechuan to be the main tributary of the Yangtse River.[…] Gold production has not been abundant, though the Chinsha Chiang earns the name of a rich connotation."

Etymology

From Mandarin 金沙江 (Jīnshā Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹ Chiang¹.

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does chinsha chiang mean?: Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.
Where does chinsha chiang come from?: From Mandarin 金沙江 (Jīnshā Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹ Chiang¹.

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