changbai
/t͡ʃæŋ.baɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An autonomous county of Baishan, Jilin, China.
Example Sentences
- "ARF organizations have established themselves in wide areas of China, too, inhabited largely by Koreans. This year the Changbai County Committee of the ARF has been set up, and the Korean National Liberation League has been formed as part of the ARF inside the country."
- "The radiation level in Changbai Korean autonomous county – the closest Chinese urban area to the Punggye-ri test facility – climbed gradually from an average of 104.9 nanograys per hour immediately after the test on Sunday to 108.5 on Tuesday, according to figures released by China’s environment ministry."
- "Three villages in Changbai County and two cities in the northeastern border province of Jilin, have been designated for the camps, according to the document from China Mobile."
- "But a Chinese businessman we met in Changbai County complained that now, he can only deal in pine mushrooms and pine nuts, which he sells to the United States, Japan and South Korea."
- "“[China’s] Changbai county [in Jilin province] and [North Korea’s] Hyesan [city in Yanggang province] are so tense that one barely sees any cars or people around,” said the source, who also asked to remain unnamed."
- "The principal rivers are the Yalu or Ai-chiang, the Tumen or Kaoli-chiang, the Sungari or Sung-hua-chiang, the Nonni, and the Hurka or Mu-tan-chiang. The three first rise within a short distance of one another, in the remote recess of the Ch'ang-pai-shan Mountains."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 長白