xingqing
/ʃɪŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A district of Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
name
The capital city of Western Xia, in modern-day Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
Example Sentences
- "Yinchuan is divided into three parts from east to west: Xixia, Jinfeng and Xingqing. All the main sights and the main bus station are located in Xingqing. The train station lies inconveniently in the west end of Jinfeng, some 12km away from Xingqing; given this location it may be wise to buy tickets at the downtown booking office (daily 9am—6pm) on Xinhua Xi Jie."
- "As we will see in the following analysis, the migration settlements in Jinfeng District and Xingqing District adopt different modes of industrial support."
- "Aerial photo shows residents lining up for nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Xingqing District of Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 23, 2021."
- "[…]eastern Kansu, northern Shensi and Ningsia. In 1038 Yuan Hao, leader of the Tanguts, declared himself emperor and called his country Hsia, known in Chinese history as Hsihsia. Hsingching (modern Yinchuan, Ningsia) was made the capital."
- "In 1038, Yuanhao assumed the imperial title and called his new regime Da Xia or Great Xia, known to historians as Xi Xia or West Xia. The capital was Xingqing (Yingchuan^([sic – meaning Yinchuan]), capital city of modern Ningxia Autonomous Region)."
- "Visitors to Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Autonomous Region of the Hui Nationality, will be interested to know that the city looked something like the human body when it was known as Xingqing, capital of the West Xia dynasty (1034-1227)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 興慶