gonggong
/ˈɡɔŋ(ˈ)ɡɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A water god or monster who terrorized prehistoric China.
name
A dwarf planet orbiting in the scattered disc. Its moon is Xiangliu.
Example Sentences
- "在古老的中國神話中，水神共工看到火神祝融教導人類用火，受人們廣泛崇拜，不禁心生嫉妒，遂與火神交戰。共工遭到打敗後，深感挫敗，便一頭撞上支撐天庭的柱子，導致天柱崩塌，天庭破洞，引發豪雨和洪水。"
- "The first choice listed is Gonggong, a Chinese water god with red hair and the tail of a serpent."
- "Recent astronomical observations revealed that (225088) Gonggong, a 1000 km sized trans-Neptunian dwarf planet, hosts an eccentric satellite, Xiangliu, with an eccentricity of approximately 0.3."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 共工 (Gònggōng) (or 龔工／龚工 (Gōnggōng)), the name of the mythological figure.
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɔŋ(ˈ)ɡɔŋ/
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
Kanghui
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