henghua
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Hinghwa.
Example Sentences
- "In 1911 there was another influx of Chinese Methodists, when a missionary called Brest brought a large party of Henghuas."
- "The Kotak Association, mentioned above, is an example. Its membership was overwhelmingly Henghua (96%)."
- "Between Foochow and Amoy they speak Henghua."
- "Apparently, a Henghua immigrant named Yeow in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, who had apprenticed himself to an agent for British cycles, learned the business thoroughly, left his employer, and established his own shop. Inevitably, his own (Henghua) employees hived off likewise so that within half a century the Henghua had established thousands of bicycle shops in Singapore, Malaya, and Indonesia. In Singapore, the Henghua were joined by Henghua-speaking Hokchia who later branched out into spare-parts, motorcycle, trishaw, and taxicab business."
- "Road development greatly motivated the Henghua people to expand their control of the transport business, with which no other dialect group was believed to be familiar."
- "Originally from Henan, the Henghua people migrated to Putian, part of the Fujian province after the civil war before coming to Malaysia."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 興化
Inflected Forms
Hinghwa (alternative)
Hinghua (alternative)
Hing Hua (alternative)
Heng Hua (alternative)
Henghuas (plural)