Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pen-ch'i

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ch'i
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Benxi.

Example Sentences

"Output at the Pen-ch'i mine, which produced somewhat under 1 million tons annually during 1942-1944, was around 500,000 tons in 1949."
"An-shan leads all other cities in China in steel production; Pen-ch'i is another important steel producer."
"Small-scale Chinese-owned factories were in evidence, but the principal modern industries were a network of Japanese-controlled producers' goods enterprises intended to furnish raw and semifinished materials to the Japanese economy. The Anshan and Pen-ch'i ironworks and the Fushun coal mines, large vertically integrated installations, were the most prominent among these units."

Etymology

From Mandarin 本溪 (Běnqī), Wade–Giles romanization: Pên³-chʻi¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 本溪, -

Synonyms

Benxi

Questions

What does pen-ch'i mean?: Synonym of Benxi.
Where does pen-ch'i come from?: From Mandarin 本溪 (Běnqī), Wade–Giles romanization: Pên³-chʻi¹.

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