Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xiang

/ʃiɑŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: xi-ang
IPA: /ʃiɑŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China

name

A surname from Chinese.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 湘

Inflected Forms

Hsiang (alternative) Siang (alternative) Xiangs (plural)

Synonyms

Hunanese

Questions

How do you pronounce xiang?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃiɑŋ/.
What does xiang mean?: A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China
Where does xiang come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng).

How to pronounce xiang

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