Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongchuan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Tong-chuan
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"Shensi has abundant coal deposits distributed throughout the province, one of the largest being at T’ung-ch’uan."
"The blast, one of the worst in China in decades, hit the Chenjiashan coal mine in Tongchuan in the northwestern province of Shaanxi just days after the pit had caught fire."
"Tongchuan, a city of 700,000 in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, called on Wednesday for all medical workers who retired in the past five years to join the battle against COVID."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅川 /铜川 (Tóngchuān).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 銅川

Questions

What does tongchuan mean?: A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
Where does tongchuan come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅川 /铜川 (Tóngchuān).

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