putien
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Putian.
Example Sentences
- "The Tien Tu Hin was founded about 1674, in the Province of Fokien, in the Putien District of the Fuchin Prefecture."
- "Hinghwa in Putien County had always been a great stronghold of Buddhism, and the first challenge to the powers of darkness there was made in 1862."
- "But still two questions remain. Can Nationalist China take a bridgehead without American aid? And once taken, what happens next? Of what good will a small piece of land around Foochow, or Amoy, or Putien be to Free China?"
- "Freedom-fighter Lin Chun-hwei reports his escape from the mainland at the Free China Relief Association. Lin escaped by sampan from Putien in Fukien province to one of the islets near Kinmen Oct. 27."
- "Fukien bamboo ware attracts with clever combinations of natural and painted colors and is resistant to worms and mildew. The products from Putien county have such novel designs as the panda, tropical fish and patterns copied from paintings on silk excavated from the famous 2,000-year-old tomb at Mawangtui in Hunan province."
- "A litchi tree planted in the 8th century in Putien county, Fukien province, east China, is still luxuriant and produces fruit every year."
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 莆田 (Pútián), Wade-Giles romanization: Pʻu²-tʻien².
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