huang-shan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Huangshan.
Example Sentences
- "The scenery most often depicted in the Anhui School paintings is that of Huang-shan, the "Yellow Mountains," some of the most awesomely spectacular on earth. Huang-shan as seen in photographs today is recognizably the same that the Anhui artists present: sheer faces of rock and needle spires, bare except for the famous Huang-shan pines, with Buddhist temples high on the peaks, accessible only by long ascents."
- "For Tao-chi, the ultimate mountain scenery was always represented by the incomparable peaks of Huang-shan, the Yellow Mountain, in Anhwei."
- "Located between Ho-hsien and T’ai-p’ing Prefectures in Anhui Province is Huang-shan (Yellow Mountain), renowned for its strange, twisted pines, bizarre rock formations, “sea of clouds” and hot springs."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 黃山, -