Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hsien-feng

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: hsien-feng
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Xianfeng.

Example Sentences

"According to a Hupeh Daily report, T'ang Yu-lien, a nineteen-year-old peasant girl attached to production team No. 5 of Ch'ün-kuang production brigade of Shih-tzu-lu commune, Hsien-feng county, courageously exposed the theft of collective property by her uncle, T'ang Chiu-chiang, who was a deputy leader of the production team, and thereby protected the collective interests."

Etymology

From Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-fêng¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 咸豐, -

Questions

What does hsien-feng mean?: Alternative form of Xianfeng.
Where does hsien-feng come from?: From Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-fêng¹.

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