k'ang-ting
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Kangding.
Example Sentences
- "The expedition, which is under the leadership of Arnold Heim, German natural scientist, and Karl Krejel-Graf, has made its headquarters at K’ang-ting, capital of Szechuan, and is surveying the ranges which stretch 800 miles westward to Batang."
- "24. K'ANG-TING-TATSIENLU 打箭鑪 (12, 13, 25, 26) The city of K’ang-ting, better known to the western reader as Tatsienlu, is the provincial capital of Hsikang. The district of K’ang-ting, which is governed from the city of the same name, covers a very wide area extending over parts of both the Ta-tu valley and the Ya-lung valley."
- "On 26.2.46, under the charge of a Chinese escort, the two missionaries were conducted to Ta-Tsien-lu (= K’ang-ting / Kangding) and twelve days later arrived at Ch’eng-tu (= Chengdu), where they found that a warrant had been issued for their arrest."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 康定, -