Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liaoxi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: Liao-xi
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former province in northeast China (from 1949 to 1954), located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin provinces, and having the capital Jinzhou.

Example Sentences

"In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province."
"Sudden deaths from respiratory anthrax also struck down a railway worker of Manjing train station in Changtu county, Liaoxi province, on 16 March 1952, a young schoolteacher in Liaoyang county on 8 April, and a housewife in Anshan city on 14 April."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 遼西 /辽西 (Liáoxī).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 遼西

Questions

What does liaoxi mean?: A former province in northeast China (from 1949 to 1954), located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin provinces, and having the capital Jinzhou.
Where does liaoxi come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 遼西 /辽西 (Liáoxī).

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