Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fangshi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fang-shi
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese technical specialist, flourishing from the third century BCE to the fifth century CE: variously an alchemist, astrologer, diviner, doctor, magician, occultist, etc.

Inflected Forms

fang-shih (alternative)

Questions

What does fangshi mean?: A Chinese technical specialist, flourishing from the third century BCE to the fifth century CE: variously an alchemist, astrologer, diviner, doctor, magician, occultist, etc.

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