Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bengbu

/ˈbɛŋbu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Beng-bu
IPA: /ˈbɛŋbu/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

Example Sentences

"The 2nd Army Group was to the west along the railroad to Kaifeng, while the 16th Army Group was situated to the south along the rail line to Pengpu (Peng-pu) on the Huai River.[…] Jiang’s last effort was to commit his Sixth Army from Pengpu, but its advance ground to a halt under fierce PLA guerrilla attacks."
"Individuals with deposits of up to 100,000 yuan ($14,787) will be repaid, the Henan branch of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the provincial financial bureau said in a joint statement. Authorities in Anhui's Bengbu city made a similar statement, saying it will start repaying clients at a bank there with deposits of 50,000-100,000 yuan."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蚌埠 (Bèngbù).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 蚌埠

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɛŋbu/

Inflected Forms

Pengpu (alternative) Peng-pu (alternative)

Synonyms

Bangfu Pangfu Pang-fou Pang-pu

Questions

How do you pronounce bengbu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛŋbu/.
What does bengbu mean?: A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
Where does bengbu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蚌埠 (Bèngbù).

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