Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taiping heavenly kingdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: taip-ing heav-en-ly k-ing-dom
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theocratic absolute monarchy based on Christian teaching led by Hong Xiuquan that rebelled against the ruling Qing dynasty from 1851 to 1864 in China.

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 太平天國 /太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó).

Questions

What does taiping heavenly kingdom mean?: A theocratic absolute monarchy based on Christian teaching led by Hong Xiuquan that rebelled against the ruling Qing dynasty from 1851 to 1864 in China.
Where does taiping heavenly kingdom come from?: Partial calque of Chinese 太平天國 /太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó).

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