Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t'ai-yuan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: t'ai-yuan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Taiyuan.

Example Sentences

"Farmers husking corn at the Ming Chien People’s Commune in T’ai-yuan, Shan-hsi, are using their new electrical machine."
"From T’ai-yuan, Wang could have made a trip to the Great Wall in northern Shansi."

Etymology

From Mandarin 太原 (Tàiyuán), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-yüan².

Word Breakdown

Root: 太原, -

Questions

What does t'ai-yuan mean?: Alternative form of Taiyuan.
Where does t'ai-yuan come from?: From Mandarin 太原 (Tàiyuán), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-yüan².

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