Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

p'u-yang

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: p'u-yang
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Puyang.

Example Sentences

"Among the recent excavations of Northern Ch’i dynasty tombs in which green-glazed wares were found, that of Li Yün at P’u-yang, Honan Province, datable in accordance with 576, yielded celadon-glazed jars with whitish bodies and rather distinctive decorations (Fig. 20)."
"The state of Wei was a small state at that time. Its capital was P’u-yang (to the southwest of today’s P’u-yang in Honan), and its territory consisted only of the northeastern edge of today Honan Province and the northwestern edge of Shansi Province."

Etymology

From Mandarin 濮陽 /濮阳 (Púyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻu²-yang².

Word Breakdown

Root: 濮陽, -

Questions

What does p'u-yang mean?: Alternative form of Puyang.
Where does p'u-yang come from?: From Mandarin 濮陽 /濮阳 (Púyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻu²-yang².

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