Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qinhuangdao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: Qing-huang-dao
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Example Sentences

"In addition, on the basis of making full use of Dalian and Qinhuangdao ports for exports, we should fully use Qingjin and Luojin ports in the DPRK to expand our province's export commodity capacity."
"The suspect, a 27-year-old hospital employee who had no known motive, was arrested after the attacks, the Qinhuangdao City Public Security Bureau said in a statement online. The stabbings took place Thursday morning in Beidaihe, a resort area in the Hebei Province city of Qinhuangdao, about 180 miles east of Beijing."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin Qínhuángdǎo romanization of the Mandarin 秦皇島 /秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo).

Word Breakdown

Root: Qínhuángdǎo, 秦皇島

Inflected Forms

Ch'in-huang-tao (alternative) Chinhuangtao (alternative)

Derived Forms

QHD

Synonyms

Chinwangtao QHD

Questions

What does qinhuangdao mean?: A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Where does qinhuangdao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin Qínhuángdǎo romanization of the Mandarin 秦皇島 /秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo).

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