huang he
/ˈhwɑŋ hə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Example Sentences
- "Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the Yellow River (Huang He), not far from the Great Wall, on high ground, a place where he could find some refreshment, for he was already aware that it would not be long before he entered the realm of his brave ancestors."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Inflected Forms
Hwang Ho (alternative)
Hoamho (alternative, obsolete)
Whanghoa (alternative, obsolete)
Whang Ho (alternative, obsolete)