Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jingzhao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Jing-zhao
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao Prefecture, in which Changan [translating 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān)], the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong [translating 河中 (Hézhōng)] Prefecture, the present-day Yongji [translating 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì)] District of Shanxi."
"From 1254 to 1257 Qubilai appointed Lian Xixian to head the newly created Pacification Commission in Jingzhao (modern Xi’an), where he concentrated on enforcing existing decrees from ÖGEDEI KHAN’s reign (1229-41), limiting interest to an amount equal to the principal and emancipating all Confucian scholars held in slavery."

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 京兆 (Jīngzhào).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 京兆

Questions

What does jingzhao mean?: Administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.
Where does jingzhao come from?: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 京兆 (Jīngzhào).

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