p'ien-kuan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Pianguan.
Example Sentences
- "The Ordos area in northern Shensi and southern Suiyüan is famous for its Upper Palaeolithic industries, and recent discoveries in the neighborhood of P’ien-kuan Hsien in northwestern Shansi and Ch’ing-shui-ho Hsien in southern Suiyüan appear to indicate Mesolithic assemblages characterized by microblade artifacts and points and scrapers made on “Mousterian” flakes, features resembling the Sha-yüan assemblage of the lower Weishui Valley in central Shensi."
- "Kuan River flows outside the south gate of P’ien-kuan county, Shansi; it flows west from its source, Wu-mien-ching-pao, into the Yellow River."
- "In Han and T’ang times, he pointed out, when the capital had been at Hsi-an, dynasties had been particularly concerned with the northwest: P’ien-kuan and Shuo-fang."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 偏關, -