ching-men
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jingmen.
Example Sentences
- "Here a few feet Seem a thousand miles. The craggy walls glisten blue and red, A piece of dazzling embroidery. How green those distant trees are Round the river strait of Ching-men! And those ships-they go on, Floating on the waters of Pa. The water sings over the rocks Between countless hills Of shining mist and lustrous grass."
- "A bronze ko 戈 and a bronze sword of the late Chou type were found in Ching-men 荆門, some 90 km north of Chiang-ling (Wang Y.P., 1963a);[...]"
- "Hsiao-kung wanted to attack him, but Ching said: "You cannot! Shih-hung is a stalwart general, while those below him are all courageous men. Now when they have newly lost Ching-men, they will all be full of ardor to oppose us. This is an army which can rescue the defeated and cannot be opposed."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 荆門, -