Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

en-shih

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: en-shih
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Enshi.

Example Sentences

"Night bombing of CACW airfields were frequent, but En-shih was so located that the 28th Squadron there was generally able to intercept bombers heading for the CACW bases during daylight hours."
"Later CH'EN Ch'eng obtained permission for YEH to reside with him in En-shih, Hupeh on the personal responsibility of CH'EN; but soon after YEH and his family arrived CH'EN Ch'eng's new command in western Yunnan made it impossible for CH'EN himself to reside at En-shih."
"Lao-shih and I ran away together from En-shih to Pa-tung. I am sixteen and she is eighteen. We thought we could get a ship out of Pa-tung right away and be in Chungking in a flash. When we get to Chungking, the war capital, we'll be all right, or at least that's what Lao-shih says."

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 恩施 (Ên¹-shih¹).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does en-shih mean?: Alternative form of Enshi.
Where does en-shih come from?: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 恩施 (Ên¹-shih¹).

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