Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qingjian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Qing-jian
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"Each time that General Liu Chih-tan arrived in a place, he always opened out his maps and studied them carefully. Then he would look for villagers to talk to, asking them about this and about that. In 1934, he led a part of the Northern Shensi Red Army, stationing them at Hua-an Monastery in Ch'ing-chien County. The chief of the food ministry in Ch’ing-chien County also lived in the village."
"When this poem was written, Mao Zedong stayed in Yuanjiagou of the Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province, planning to lead the Red Army in making an eastern journey to the Anti-Japanese War front at Hebei Province."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清澗 /清涧.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 清澗

Questions

What does qingjian mean?: A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
Where does qingjian come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清澗 /清涧.

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