Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hui-lung

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: hui-lung
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Huilong.

Example Sentences

"The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung.[…]After a short time he was invited by his co-religionists at Hui-lung to establish himself there in the position of High Priest."
"On the first day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in the year 1907, our respected and beloved Vice Chairman Lin Piao was born to a poverty-stricken family of Lin-chia-ta-wan at the foot of Pai-yang Hill in the Hui-lung mountainous area, Huang-kang hsien, Hupei Province."

Etymology

From Mandarin 回龍 /回龙 (Huílóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hui²-lung².

Word Breakdown

Root: 回龍, -

Questions

What does hui-lung mean?: Alternative form of Huilong.
Where does hui-lung come from?: From Mandarin 回龍 /回龙 (Huílóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hui²-lung².

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