ch'ih-pi
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Chibi.
Example Sentences
- "At Ch’ih-pi* on the Yangtse, the van of Ts’ao Ts’ao’s army met Lustrous Jade at the head of a combined force of 40,000 men—and was defeated on contact."
- "His attempt in 208 to cross the Yangtse was frustrated in the famous battle of Ch'ih-pi, in which his immense fleet was destroyed by his enemies' fireships, and most of his army slain."
- "His ambitions had extended to the conquest of the Yangtze valley, but the famous battle of the Red Cliff (Ch’ih-pi), on the course of the great river in Hupei, had put a stop to this policy of expansion."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 赤壁, -