hsinking
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In order to improve the line of communications in Manchuria, the Chinese authorities are going to extend the Mukden-Hailung to Linkiang viá Hsinking and Tunghua as requested by the residents of these cities; but in view of the small amount of the product for export by the line, the prospect is not quite favourable. According to semi-official reports, the proposed extension will start at Hsinking for Tunghua, over 320 Chinese li away."
- "Now that the railway from Kainei to Tunwha is completed thus making connection with Kirin and Hsinking on the South Manchuria Railway, Seisin may look forward to a considerable increase in shipping."
- "They discovered the presence of about one division at Hailaerh (Jehol) and another at Tsitsihar, details of troop movements in and around Harbin and Hsinking, the numbers of aircraft and tanks concentrated at Kungchuling (near Mukden), and the unit strength of all other forces in western Manchukuo."
- "Japanese officials in the Manchukuo puppet-state’s capital of Hsinking (Changchun) replied that Britain should rest easy as their intention was to eradicate every bandit in Manchukuo, once their soldiers had finished the all-important task of bringing in the sorghum harvest."
- "Ei-ichi Negishi was born on July 14, 1935, in Changchun, China, then known as Hsinking, the capital of the Japanese-controlled part of the country, in the northeast."
Etymology
From Mandarin 新京 (Xīnjīng). Literally, “new capital” (because of the circumstances during the occupation).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 新京