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shimen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
Shi-men
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Changde, Hunan, China.

name

A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

name

An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石門 /石门 (Shímén).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shihmen (alternative) Seimon (alternative) Chomong (alternative)

Questions

What does shimen mean?
A county of Changde, Hunan, China.
Where does shimen come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石門 /石门 (Shímén).

How to pronounce shimen

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