i-ch'ang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Yichang.
Example Sentences
- "The Yang-tzŭ-chiang (揚子江) is about 3,300 miles long ; it is navigable for large steamers for 600 miles to Hankow (漢口) and for light-draught steamers 360 miles further to I-chʻang (宜昌). Above I-chʻang there are rapid which are difficult to pass."
- "River streamers soon connected Nanking with Hankow, four hundred miles beyond, and finally, small steamboats sailed triumphantly up stream to I-ch'ang. Beyond I-ch'ang were the fierce rapids of the upper Yang-tzŭ, where foreign enterprise gave way before simple Chinese ingenuity."
- "Just below Hsi-ling Gorge lies the small city of I-ch'ang, the first river port beyond the gorges."
- "Yangtzee^([sic – meaning Yangtze]) River Gorges, People's Republic of China. These gorges are most notable between I-chʻang and Feng-chieh, with cliffs 1,000 feet (320 meters) high."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 宜昌, -