Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuqing

/ˌfuːˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: Fu-qing
IPA: /ˌfuːˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Example Sentences

"The 1.1 billion yuan ($152 million) sea bridge will connect Pingtan Island, located in the Taiwan Strait, to Fuqing, a city on the main landmass of eastern Fujian Province,[…]"
"Yang Fengqin, an 87-year-old grandmother from the coastal city of Fuqing, in Fujian Province, has lived with one of her sons for 50 years and still heads to the market each day to buy ingredients for meals she cooks for him and a grandson."
"The reactor, located in the city of Fuqing city in China’s southeastern Fujian province, was designed to have a 60-year lifespan, with its core equipment domestically produced."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 福清

Inflected Forms

Fooching (alternative, archaic) Futsing (alternative, archaic) Fuching (alternative) Fu-ch'ing (alternative)

Synonyms

Hokchia Hockchia Hokchiang

Homonyms

fooching fuching

Questions

How do you pronounce fuqing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfuːˈt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What does fuqing mean?: A county-level city of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Where does fuqing come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng).

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