tienanmen
/tjɛnənmˈɛn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Tiananmen.
Example Sentences
- "The most notable example of engraved dragons is on the stone columns of the Temple to Confucius at his birthplace in Chüfu. These are also found in the "cloud pillars" (single stone columns—huapiao in Chinese) outside the Tienanmen, while those at the Ming Tombs are still finer."
- "About 1,000 youths gathered on Changan Street and in the Tienanmen Square in Peiping Saturday night to demand democracy and law, and freedom of speech, Japanese correspondents reported. The crowds, whose members appeared to have an average age of 20, asked the correspondents about the election system, land reform, human rights and press censorship in Japan and about democracy in the United States, and asked how the American President is elected."
- "The Communists had their own anniversary to mark the victory of their revolution on October 1. They took no notice of October 10. Sun's portrait never hung among the great ones up on the wall at Tienanmen."
- "The report also said as many as 70,000 troopers may have moved into the city center by subway and followed connecting tunnels to the walled palace, the history museum and the Great Hall of the People on three sides of the vast Tienanmen Square."
- "Soon we arrived at the Beijing Hotel—within shouting distance of the now infamous Tienanmen Square."
- "Jessica Johnson & Chloe Lai's project on the Tienanmen Square Massacre won 1st place in the group exhibit category."
Etymology
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