Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guinan

/ɡwinˈɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: Gui-nan
IPA: /ɡwinˈɑn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.

Example Sentences

"Western China’s biggest pumped storage power station officially started construction on Sunday, adding a critical piece of infrastructure that could significantly boost renewable energy production in the Gobi desert and Tibetan plateau, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).[…] It will be located in Guinan county in the east of Qinghai and will use the Laxiwa reservoir on the Yellow River as its lower reservoir."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴南 /贵南.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 貴南

Inflected Forms

Guinans (plural)

Rhymes With

on one-on-one come-on put-on run-on john non upon iran don jon con

Questions

How do you pronounce guinan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡwinˈɑn/.
What does guinan mean?: A surname.
Where does guinan come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴南 /贵南.

How to pronounce guinan

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “guinan”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ɡwinˈɑn/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “guinan”.
Repeat and practice — Say “guinan” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.