Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

langfang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: Lang-fang
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Example Sentences

"While there he received a wire from Tuan Ch’i-jui, who was at that time Minister of War and Premier, ordering him to station the bulk of his troops in the vicinity of Langfang, about halfway between Peking and Tientsin."
"The city of Langfang in Hebei on Tuesday said its 4.9 million residents will be put under home quarantine for seven days and be subject to mass COVID-10 testing in the latest attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Two counties under Langfang’s jurisdiction that border Beijing, Guan and Sanhe, had already announced home quarantine measures."

Etymology

From Mandarin 廊坊 (Lángfáng).

Word Breakdown

Root: 廊坊

Questions

What does langfang mean?: A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Where does langfang come from?: From Mandarin 廊坊 (Lángfáng).

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