Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gucheng

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
Gu-cheng
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Lijiang, Yunnan, China.

name

A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古城 (Gǔchéng).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, ^古城, 穀城

Inflected Forms

Ku-ch'eng (alternative) Kucheng (alternative) Ku-ch'êng (alternative)

Questions

What does gucheng mean?
A district of Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
Where does gucheng come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古城 (Gǔchéng).

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