Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double ninth festival

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble ninth fes-ti-val
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Chinese holiday falling on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.

Example Sentences

"Before the double ninth festival [ninth day of ninth lunar month], Hsiangfen County, Shansi Province, saw a promising year--the output of all autumn grain crops increased 10 percent."

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 重九 (Chóngjiǔ).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 重九

Inflected Forms

Double Ninth Festivals (plural)

Synonyms

Chung Yeung Festival

Questions

What does double ninth festival mean?: A traditional Chinese holiday falling on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.
Where does double ninth festival come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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