wanli
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Wanli Emperor (14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty)
Example Sentences
- "Early cloisonné enamels marked by foreign influence (the strong palette is purely Iranian) do not usually appeal to traditional Chinese collectors. But one piece, a rectangular incense receptacle, found grace in their eyes thanks to its Wanli reign mark and two very imperial dragons. A Taiwan buyer got it for a hefty pounds 52,100."
- "The Wanli township is situated along the seashore eight Kilometers west of Keelung Harbor."
- "TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 10 (AP) — Twenty‐five persons were buried yesterday by a landslide that engulfed a sulphur mine at Wanli, near here, the police reported today."
- "Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world[…]"
- "Yeliou is located at the coast in Wanli Township of Taipei County, on Provincial Hwy. 2."
- "By car head north on North Second Highway (北二高速公路 Beiergao) in the direction of Keelung and continue in the direction of Wanli (萬里), the resort is on the right."
Etymology
From Mandarin 萬曆 /万历 (Wànlì).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 萬曆, -
Inflected Forms
Vanley (alternative, obsolete)
Wan-li (alternative)