jingpo
/ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "An extensive alternation of the Manchoukuo Government's project for the establishment of a gigantic State-owned hydroelectric power-house near the Chingpo Lake in Mutankiang Province, is recommended in an official report just submitted by the party of experts which was recently dispatched to the spot to conduct further investigations into the project."
- "Many if not most young people in China like to write poems and the friends who were with me at Chingpo Lake were no exception to the rule.[…] Thirty-six kilometres from the sanitorium at Chingpo Lake, and we came inside the re- mains of the outer walls of the capital of Po- hai Kingdom, of which more anon."
- "He was fishing on a lake called Jingpo Hu in northeast China, caught a bass - which the Chinese call Ao Hua Yu - that weighed more than five pounds -but was told that some of the lake's bass were over 30 pounds.[…] The group then goes to Jingpo Hu (Mirror Lake) for five or six days of fishing - for lake trout and muskellunge as well as bass."
- "JINGPO LAKE 镜泊湖 Jingpo, or “Mirror,” Lake, south of Mudanjiang, was formed by volcanic explosions near the Mudan River over 5000 years ago. Despite throngs of summer tourists, Jingpo Lake Reserve can be surprisingly peaceful due to its sprawling size."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖／镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters.
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpəʊ/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Places.
Phrases
Jingpo Lacus