Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tan-feng

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: tan-feng
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Danfeng.

Example Sentences

"The mountainous terrain of the areas on the Shensi-Hupeh border favored us if we should engage the enemy, but the place was so poor that both food and cloth were scarce. So we had to turn our way towards more prosperous districts like Tan-feng, Shang-hsien, and Lo-nan in southern Shensi."
"¹⁹²Located southeast of modern Tan-feng 丹鳳 County in Shensi near the intersection of the three modern provinces of Honan, Shensi, and Hupei (Wang Li-ch'i, 6:127n.)."
"Several excavated examples are on record, including one from Tan Feng Hsien in Shensi which bears the date 1119."

Etymology

From Mandarin 丹鳳 /丹凤 (Dānfèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-fêng⁴.

Word Breakdown

Root: ^丹鳳, -

Questions

What does tan-feng mean?: Alternative form of Danfeng.
Where does tan-feng come from?: From Mandarin 丹鳳 /丹凤 (Dānfèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-fêng⁴.

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