Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaifeng

/kaɪˈfʌŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
Kai-feng
IPA
/kaɪˈfʌŋ/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

A romanization of the Standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 開封 /开封 (Kāifēng, “Opening Up the Borders”), reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin, named in the late 8th century BC by the Zhuang Duke of Zheng as he settled new territory.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kai-feng (alternative) K'ai-feng (alternative) K'ai-fêng (alternative) Caifung (alternative, obsolete) Caifong (alternative, obsolete) Caifum (alternative, obsolete) Kae-fung (alternative, obsolete) Kae-fung Foo (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

Questions

How do you pronounce kaifeng?
The recorded pronunciation is /kaɪˈfʌŋ/.
What does kaifeng mean?
A prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital.
Where does kaifeng come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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