Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p'an-chih-hua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: p'an-chi-h-hua
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Panzhihua.

Example Sentences

"Sleeping at Pai-ta, which stands on a sort of little terrace in the hillside overlooking the Salween, we descended the next morning by an exceedingly steep path to what is often known as the P’an-chih-hua ferry. It should be more correctly called Chuan-shui, as the real P’an-chih-hua is a mile or two lower down and is now disused as a ferry."
"Deposits of 150 million tons are in P'an-chih-hua in Yunnan."
"The copper-nickel deposits which are related to diorite, gabbro, pyroxenite, and dunite intrusives in pre-Sinian metamorphic rocks were also reported from east of Pʻan-chih-hua in the north-south folded belt of Yunnan and Sikang provinces"

Etymology

From Mandarin 攀枝花 (Pānzhīhuā) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻan¹-chih¹-hua¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 攀枝花, -

Questions

What does p'an-chih-hua mean?: Alternative form of Panzhihua.
Where does p'an-chih-hua come from?: From Mandarin 攀枝花 (Pānzhīhuā) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻan¹-chih¹-hua¹.

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