hsu-ch'ang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Xuchang.
Example Sentences
- "Three of the six short stories are written by K'o Kang: […] c) "Yen-ts'ao hu-hu" 烟草糊糊 (Tobacco). Tobacco is the main crop of the people of Hsu-ch'ang in Honan. The wicked tobacco dealer and the Americans deceive a planter and his family. The planter and his wife commit suicide."
- "Moving to Hsu-ch’ang (Xuchang) in 1906, Edwins obtained a foothold in Loyang (Luoyang), Jiaxian, and other strategic centers, where land and property were purchased and groundwork was laid for future expansion. In 1910 the first nine converts were baptized in Hsu-ch’ang."
- "First, his forces, including the Shang and their thirty-six allies, reached K'un-wu (of the Ssu clan in the modern Hsu-ch'ang area in Honan), a powerful subordinate state of the Hsia located just southwest of the Hsia capital and on the frontier between the Hsia and Shang; […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 許昌, -