Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaiyuan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: Kai-yuan
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Example Sentences

"Our study was conducted in Kaiyuan county, Yunnan province, where the rate of HIV transmission through unprotected sexual intercourse is high, and many HIV/AIDS projects have been implemented."
"The attack, which took place Monday afternoon in the Yunnan Province city of Kaiyuan, left two people with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening,[…]"

Etymology

From Mandarin 開遠 /开远 (Kāiyuǎn).

Word Breakdown

Root: 開遠

Inflected Forms

K'ai-yüan (alternative)

Questions

What does kaiyuan mean?: A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
Where does kaiyuan come from?: From Mandarin 開遠 /开远 (Kāiyuǎn).

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