t'ai-tung
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "The government-operated railway system, also developed originally by the Japanese, extends for 608 mi. (979 km.), chiefly on the western plain; most trackage is Cape-gauge (three feet six inches), but the 109-mi. (176 km.) east-coast line between T'ai-tung and Hua-lien is two feet six inches gauge."
- "Ying-ying answered apologetically, feeling that she had been reprimanded. “I got married last year in T’ai-tung."
- "In eastern Taiwan, three caves in Tʻai-tung county have recently produced stratified collections of unifacially flaked pebble choppers and flakes, dating from an unknown period down to about 3000 B.C."
- "Shortly thereafter, Brother Jones left for T'ai-tung, across the mountains, with my husband as his interpreter."
- "The Central Range plunges abruptly to the sea along the eastern coast, except for an area north of Tʻai-tung, where the Tʻai-tung Rift Valley and a short coastal ridge farther to the east are located."
- "A strong Taiwan earthquake was reported Thursday morning, registering at 6.4 according to the USGS. The earthquake took place in southern Taiwan, 25 miles from T'ai-tung, Taiwan."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 臺東//台東, -