Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chiang-chin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ang-chin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jiangjin.

Example Sentences

"With some slight changes in percentages, this description may hold for Chiang-chin county in Szechwan during the nineteenth century."
"He then moved from Nanking to Wuhan and finally to Chungking, but when his health deteriorated, he went to Chiang-chin, a small village near Chungking, for recuperation. There he died on 27 March 1942."
"In 1940, we launched three national middle schools for overseas Chinese in Paoshan of Yünnan Province, Chiang-chin of Szechuan, and Yo-ch’ang of Kwangsi and two normal schools for training overseas Chinese teachers in Fukien and Kwangtung provinces."

Etymology

From Mandarin 江津 (Jiāngjīn), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-chin¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 江津, -

Questions

What does chiang-chin mean?: Alternative form of Jiangjin.
Where does chiang-chin come from?: From Mandarin 江津 (Jiāngjīn), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-chin¹.

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