Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kangding

/kɒŋ.dɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: Kang-ding
IPA: /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China.

Example Sentences

"The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3.[…] No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones.[…] Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 康定

Inflected Forms

Kangting (alternative, dated) K'ang-ting (alternative)

Synonyms

Dartsedo Tachienlu

Questions

How do you pronounce kangding?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/.
What does kangding mean?: A county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China.
Where does kangding come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).

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