nei-chiang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Neijiang.
Example Sentences
- "By 7:00 P.M. we had traveled 210 kilometers and reached this place, called Nei-chiang, a small inland city boasting electric lights but without other modern conveniences.[...] We returned to Nei-chiang in the early afternoon. As it was too late to start out for Chungking, we just sat around here for the rest of the day."
- "On February 7, 1952, I found myself at the Nei-Chiang railroad station in Szechwan."
- "Chang Dai-chien was born 10 May 1899, in Nei-chiang, Sichuan, the ninth child of a wealthy family. Resisting a business career, he entered a Buddhist monastery before beginning intensive familiarisation with Chinese calligraphy and painting at the age of 19."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 內江, -