hsing-shan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Xingshan, Hubei
Example Sentences
- "Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts."
- "In Hupeh this Rhododendron is quite rare and is not known to grow south of the Yangtsze River. It is only known to me from two or three localities in the Hsing-shan district where it grows in thin woods among rocks between 5000 and 7000 ft. altitude."
- "In my opinion the entity discussed above is better referred to S. pubescens than to S. sphenanthera, although in the degree of foliage-pubescence it is somewhat intermediate. In their original discussion of this variety, Rehder & Wilson list as a paratype Henry 6447 (GH, K), from Hsing-shan, western Hupeh."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 興山, -