fengxian
/fɛŋʃiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight."
- "He found a Rev. Dr. Arthur Cannon at an address on the Shanghai road near to Fengsien."
- "At the Shanghai Fengxian District Huangpu River Flood Prevention Center, which was seeking an accountant, a man who answered the phone said: “We have female employees. We do not discriminate against women. But we want to hire more men, because this work includes night shifts. Women might be frightened to be alone in the building at night.”"
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉賢 /奉贤 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢 /齐贤 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 奉賢