Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lungchi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lungchi
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Longci.

Example Sentences

"According to Tu, two hundred years ago the nearby mountains furnished livelihood substitutes for the scanty farmland of Kuanmiao. At that time, bamboo forests grew from Lungchi to Chishan, in Kaohsiung."
"Another alga, Gloeocapsa sp. was isolated from the soil material from the breeding ground of F. taiwana and F. phototropia in Lungchi, Tainan."
"Two bacillary dysentery outbreaks were reported in a nursing home in Lungchi Township of Tainan County from August through December 2003."
"Pigs lie dead after drowning at a pig farm, where floods caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Morakot washed away 700 pigs, in Tainan County’s Lungchi Township yesterday."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 龍崎 (Lóngqí) Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-chʻi².

Word Breakdown

Root: 龍崎//, -

Questions

What does lungchi mean?: Alternative form of Longci.
Where does lungchi come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 龍崎 (Lóngqí) Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-chʻi².

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