Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t'ien-chin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: t'ien-chin
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Tianjin.

Example Sentences

"On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed."
"In addition, areas of foreign settlement with extraterritorial administration were established in Shanghai, T'ien-chin, Hank'ou, Chiuchiang, Amoy, and the island of Shamien (opposite Canton)."
"During 1983, in a joint research project with the USGS, Chinese seismologists finished installing an array of about 40 instruments to monitor ground motions associated with strong events in the Beijing/Tʻien-chin region of northeastern China."
"He informed the Chinese that they must do his bidding lest the Anglo-French Expeditionary Force take Tientsin (T'ien-chin) and Peking, putting the West Europeans in a position to topple the dynasty."

Etymology

From Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-chin¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 天津, -

Questions

What does t'ien-chin mean?: Alternative form of Tianjin.
Where does t'ien-chin come from?: From Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-chin¹.

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