Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chin-shih

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
chin-shih
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Mandarin 津市 (Jīnshì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-shih⁴.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does chin-shih mean?
Alternative form of Jinshi.
Where does chin-shih come from?
From Mandarin 津市 (Jīnshì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-shih⁴.

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