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suanpan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
suan-pan
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Mandarin 算盤／算盘 (suànpán).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

suanpans (plural) schwanpan (alternative) souanpan (alternative) suan-pan (alternative) swanpan (alternative) swan-pan (alternative)

Questions

What does suanpan mean?
A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.
Where does suanpan come from?
From Mandarin 算盤／算盘 (suànpán).

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