Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xunyi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xun-yi
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"At the end of 1927 the Communists were "purged" from the Kuomintang, and although in 1928 a short-lived soviet government had been proclaimed at Hsunyi, it was crushed by General Feng Yu-hsiang's pro-Nanking troops."
"Then in August 1978, the People’s Daily reported a directive transmitted by Hua Kuo-feng, then chairman of CPC, concerning the despotic practices of the cadres in Hsunyi county of Shensi province."
"Xia Zhanyi, Communist Party chief of Xunyi county - where the factory is located, called on all citizens to support the project and help it reach the sales goal, more than 10 times the planned 45,000 target for this year, the Beijing Daily said."
"Nowadays, there are still some people surnamed Diwu in China, and most of them lived in a village in Xunyi County, Shaanxi Province."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬邑.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 旬邑

Questions

What does xunyi mean?: A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Where does xunyi come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬邑.

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