Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wu-ch'ing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: wu-ch'ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Wuqing.

Example Sentences

"He brought out the map, holding it on his knee with the heel of his hand and indicating a cross approximately midway between the two cities. “Here’s a town we might lay over: Wu-ch’ing.”[...]She let the subject drop. “If you like, we can get horses up ahead in Wu-ch’ing,” he added."
"Let us take as a concrete example Ho-hsi-wu 河西務 which is located beside the Grand Canal in the Wu-ch’ing 武淸 district, present Hopei province. Ever since the days of the Yüan dynasty it had been recognized as an important center of communications and hundreds of cargo boats went through it every day."

Etymology

From Mandarin 武清 (Wǔqīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu³-chʻing¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 武清, -

Questions

What does wu-ch'ing mean?: Alternative form of Wuqing.
Where does wu-ch'ing come from?: From Mandarin 武清 (Wǔqīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu³-chʻing¹.

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