Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dachen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Da-chen
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of islands of Jiaojiang district, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.

Example Sentences

"The drills are near the Dachen islands, which Taiwan controlled until 1955 until being evacuated after other nearby islands were seized by Chinese forces in a bloody battle. Taiwan still controls the Matsu and Kinmen islands, off the coast of China's Fujian province, held since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists"

Etymology

From Mandarin 大陳 /大陈.

Word Breakdown

Root: 大陳

Inflected Forms

Tachen (alternative)

Questions

What does dachen mean?: A group of islands of Jiaojiang district, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Where does dachen come from?: From Mandarin 大陳 /大陈.

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