Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p'ing-yao

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: p'ing-yao
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Pingyao.

Example Sentences

"A. FORKE² describes two figures of Europeans noticed by him on a Pʽai-lou near Pʽing-yao hsien, Shansi Province; each man is leading a lion by a halter."
"In February of this year the chief procurator of the people’s procuracy of P’ing-yao county, Sun Pang-chin, with the active support of the county Party committee, led a four-man work group to the administrative village of Kuan-ti."

Etymology

From Mandarin 平遙 /平遥 (Píngyáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-yao².

Word Breakdown

Root: 平遙, -

Questions

What does p'ing-yao mean?: Alternative form of Pingyao.
Where does p'ing-yao come from?: From Mandarin 平遙 /平遥 (Píngyáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-yao².

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