feng-t'ai
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Fengtai.
Example Sentences
- "However, on May 29, the situation again became ominous. The Boxers had burned to the ground certain railway stations —one of them at Feng-t’ai, six miles from Peking."
- "Other industrial suburbs, southwest of the city, include Feng-t'ai, with railroad marshalling yards, bridge-construction, concrete railroad ties and asbestos-pipe factories, and Ch'ang-hsin-tien, with locomotive and rolling-stock shops."
- "On the same day MacDonald suggested to General Gaselee, who had by this time arrived to take over from General Dorward, that British forces should occupy a point on the Peking-Tientsin section of the line north of the stretch on which the Russians were already working. Gaselee acted promptly and the little station of Feng-t'ai was occupied on 30 August."
- "I have been in touch with Commander Chʻen and tonight a special military train will leave from Feng-tʻai, which will transport a troop division for guard duty at Paoting to ensure the security of the deliberations of the Central Commtitee^([sic – meaning Committee])."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 豐臺//豐台//丰台, -