Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chung yeung festival

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: chung ye-ung fes-ti-val
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Double Ninth Festival.

Uncountable

Etymology

A partial calque of Cantonese 重陽節 /重阳节 (cung⁴ joeng⁴ zit³), from Chinese 重陽 /重阳 (Chóngyáng, “Doubled Yang”), a traditional name for the date of its occurrence, the 9th day of the 9th month in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 重陽節, 重陽

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Double Ninth Festival

Questions

What does chung yeung festival mean?: Synonym of Double Ninth Festival.
Where does chung yeung festival come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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