Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsungming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tsung-ming
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Chongming.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The fall of the Yangtsz’ is nearly double that of the Nile and Amazon, and half that of the Mississippi. The amount of water discharged is estimated at 500,000 cubic feet a second at Íchang, about 700 miles up, and it may reasonably be concluded that at Tsungming it discharges in times of flood a million cubic feet per second."
"Mr. Ware arranged that we should call on the way at several out-stations in his district. This made it needful for us to go partly by water and partly by land. The first place which we wished to visit is Tsungming. This is a large island in the mouth of the Yangtsze, with a population of a million."

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 崇明 (Chóngmíng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 崇明

Usage

Dated

Synonyms

Chongming

Questions

What does tsungming mean?: Synonym of Chongming.
Where does tsungming come from?: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 崇明 (Chóngmíng).

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