yingcheng
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At Hsiaochien and Lishan, too, the Japanese suffered defeats; at Chunghsiang they were attacked. Their attack on Yingcheng, northern part of the province, ended in a retreat, and they announced that they would evacuate Macheng, east of Yingcheng."
- "Recently the Public Health Ministry held a national on-the-spot forum on the new method of midwifery, in Hupeh's Yingcheng County."
- "Yang Xiaoyun, an industrious young peasant in Hubei Province, turned a sizable profit last summer by selling more than five tons of grain to the state.[…] Two years ago, the new policies were adopted at the Yanghe commune in Yingcheng County, where Mr. Yang was a production team leader.[…] The newspaper said that at least 110 bicycles were to be sent from Shanghai to Yingcheng County every year but in fact most if not all were sold before ever reaching the county. In response, local authorities in Yingcheng County have promised that any peasant who exceeds a quota for produce - for example, twoand-a-half tons of grain or four pigs - will be entitled to buy a rationed item, such as a Shanghai bicycle or a sewing machine or building lumber and tiles."
Etymology
From Mandarin 應城 /应城 (Yìngchéng).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 應城, 郢城