t'eng-ch'ung
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Tengchong.
Example Sentences
- "Most of the people have migrated from Lung-ling and to a lesser extent from T'eng-ch'ung. The people are simple and primitive, and the females all bind their feet."
- "K'un-ming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, is also a communication center, with highways leading to Szechwan Province in the north, to Kuei-yang in the east, and, through Ta-li and Hsia-kuan in western Yunnan to the important frontier town of T'eng-ch'ung in the west."
- "² Defeated Yunnanese Muslim troops and bands of freebooters of indeterminate origin did, however, trouble the northern and eastern Shan States, for example, Li Kuo-lun, the rebel Muslim governor (Ch Ta-ssu-k'ung) of T'eng-ch'ung (Momien), who fled to the Shan States with many of his followers, here he joined forces with a local rebel, Sang Hai, and "the result was the absolute ruin of the great state of Hsen-wi[.]""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 騰衝, -