Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p'ing-ting-shan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: p'ing-t-ing-shan
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Pingdingshan.

Example Sentences

"The shaft project No 7 of the Honan P'ing-ting-shan Colliery designed for an annual production capacity of 900,000 metric tons that went into production in August 1959 is more complex than the shaft No 3 of the Huai-nan Hsieh-chia-chi Colliery that went into production during the First Five Year Plan;[...]"
"At Ho-pi (Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957-8; but the coal from Ho-pi is expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P'ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making."
"Logically, coal should have been imported from the P’ing-ting-shan mine which is far closer to the Wu-han market."

Etymology

From Mandarin 平頂山 /平顶山 (píngdǐngshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-ting³-shan¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 平頂山, -

Questions

What does p'ing-ting-shan mean?: Alternative form of Pingdingshan.
Where does p'ing-ting-shan come from?: From Mandarin 平頂山 /平顶山 (píngdǐngshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-ting³-shan¹.

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