Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hsü-ch'ang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: hsu-ch'ang
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Xuchang.

Example Sentences

"It seems that in the autumn of 803 he went on leave. His uncle Po Chi-chên, had recently been moved from his post at Hsü-chou and promoted to be Prefect of Hsü-ch’ang in Central Honan."
"Wang Mao-yüan had now become military governor of Chung-wu Region and commissioner for Ch'en-chou and Hsü-chou, with his headquarters at Hsü-chou (modern Hsü-chʻang in Honan province)."
"After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province."

Etymology

From Mandarin 許昌 /许昌 (Xǔchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsü³-chʻang¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 許昌, -

Questions

What does hsü-ch'ang mean?: Alternative form of Xuchang.
Where does hsü-ch'ang come from?: From Mandarin 許昌 /许昌 (Xǔchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsü³-chʻang¹.

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