Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chunqiu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Chun-qiu
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 春秋 (Chūnqiū).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Ch'un-ch'iu (alternative, dated) Chun-chiu (alternative, dated) Chunchiu (alternative, dated) Ch'un Ts'ew (alternative, dated) Ch'un Ts'ëw (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

Spring and Autumn Spring and Autumn Annals

Questions

What does chunqiu mean?
Synonym of Spring and Autumn.
Where does chunqiu come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 春秋 (Chūnqiū).

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