chaoxian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "After Toyotomi Hideyoshi took control over Japan, he tried to extend his power outside the country. In addition to moving westward and attacking Chaoxian (Korea), he also targeted Taiwan and other places in the south. In 1593, Toyotomi sent ambassadors to agitate for the submission of the place known to them as “Kingdom of High Mountains ”—Taiwan."
- "In a semiprivate online forum used by Huawei employees, one man reminisced last year about how he helped launch Koryolink in “A9” during the summer of 2008, before rushing back to China to offer tech support for the Beijing Olympics. In parentheses, the man wrote “chaoxian,” which means North Korea, in Roman letters — an apparent effort to avoid mentioning the country by name using Chinese characters."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 朝鮮