Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feng-chieh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: feng-chieh
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Fengjie.

Example Sentences

"The crops in the Fêng-chieh and Wushan Dirtricts^([sic – meaning Districts]) also suffered greatly from wind and hail combined."
"Li Po is also the author of this poem. Pai-ti is on a mountain in eastern Feng-chieh county in Szechuan Province."
""The cord-marked li tripods extended westward no further than Wan Hsien, and the gray li tripods did not even reach Feng-chieh.""
"For Yen Hsüeh-mei was to take a steamboat downstream to Feng-chieh, where Tseng Shao-hua would meet her and escort her overland to Lao-ho-k'ou."
"When we arrived in Wu-shan, we happened upon an old wooden boat which carried cotton to Feng-chieh, so we took that."

Etymology

From Mandarin 奉節 /奉节 (Fèngjié), Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng⁴-chieh².

Word Breakdown

Root: 奉節, -

Questions

What does feng-chieh mean?: Alternative form of Fengjie.
Where does feng-chieh come from?: From Mandarin 奉節 /奉节 (Fèngjié), Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng⁴-chieh².

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