kaifeng
/kaɪˈfʌŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital.
Example Sentences
- "For several weeks preceding the actual overflow of its banks the Hoang-Ho had been swollen from its tributaries. It had been unusually wet and stormy in northwest China, and all the small streams were full and overflowing. The first break occurred in the province of Honan, of which the capital is Kaifeng, and the city next in importance is Ching or Cheng Chou. The latter is forty miles west of Kaifeng and a short distance above a bend in the Hoang-Ho."
- "The supposed founder of the Chinese monarchy was Fu-hsi [about 2852 B.C.], and his capital was Kaifeng, now the provincial city of Honan. The early inhabitants of China are said to have lived in this Province."
- "Chengchow is on the Pehan (Peking-Hankow) railway, about fifteen miles south of the Yellow river, and about forty-five miles west of Kaifeng. This railway is being rapidly pushed to completion. Another railway is to be built from Kaifeng to Honanfu, which will have its junction with the Pehan railway at this place."
- "Actual work has begun on the railway which is to link Kaifeng to the Tientsin-Pukow railway at Hsuchowfu and will bring Kaifeng within about two days of Shanghai, writes the Kaifeng correspondent of the C. C. Post on the 11th instant."
- "During the summer I attended as a speaker and teacher, a summer Conference north of the Yellow River, in which one of our brightest young Christians at Kaifeng felt the call to the ministry; he Is now studying for the ministry in Shantung University."
- "It is learned that Feng Yu-hsiang has decided to abandon Kaifeng and Chengchow and withdraw his army to the west of Fulikwan and Heishihkwan."
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
- Root: -, 開封
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)