Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ho-feng

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: ho-feng
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Hefeng.

Example Sentences

"Ku Ts'ai, who was a friend of the famous dramatist K'ung Shang-jen (1648–1718),³ happened to be visiting Ho-feng in western Hupeh in 1703 and describes how the people there celebrated the feastday of Kuan-kung in one part of the city."
"In Ho-feng County, the No. 2 Production Team under Chin-hsing Brigade of Yen-tzu Commune implemented conscientiously the distribution policy and enforced strictly all rules and regulations."
"They live in T'u-chia and Miao Autonomous Chou in Hunan, Lai-feng, Ho-feng and Yien Counties in Hupeh province, south-east China."

Etymology

From Mandarin 鶴峰 /鹤峰 (Hèfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-fêng¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 鶴峰, -

Questions

What does ho-feng mean?: Alternative form of Hefeng.
Where does ho-feng come from?: From Mandarin 鶴峰 /鹤峰 (Hèfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-fêng¹.

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