liao-ch'eng
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Liaocheng.
Example Sentences
- "YANG I-tsêng 楊以增 (T. 益之, 至堂, 東樵), Oct. 26, 1787-1856, Jan. 25, official and bibliophile, was a native of Liao-chʻêng, Shantung."
- "An Ch'ing-lan of Liao-ch'eng was a government student at an early age, but did not pass the provincial examination until many years later."
- "The following five-character regulated verse, one of two entitled "Twelfth Month, Sixth Day,"²⁸ was written by Yuan Hao-wen while under house arrest in Liao-chʻeng. The empire still full of arms, At this edge of the world, the year again renewed. The dragon has shifted, leaving fish and turtles lost; The sun eclipsed, unicorns are fighting. Brambles amid grasses, these desolate hills are snowy; In my old garden, mist and flowers mark the spring. Here in Liao-chʻeng, a moon out tonight, I feel disconsolate still away from home."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 聊城, -