Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

këen-lung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
keen-lung
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Robert Morrison's romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 乾隆/干隆 (Qiánlóng) from before the palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Këen Lung (alternative) Keèn-lung (alternative) Keèn Lung (alternative) Keen-lung (alternative) Keen Lung (alternative)

Questions

What does këen-lung mean?
Alternative form of Qianlong
Where does këen-lung come from?
From Robert Morrison's romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 乾隆/干隆 (Qiánlóng) from before the palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

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