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yanzi

/ˈjæn.zi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Yan-zi
IPA
/ˈjæn.zi/
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.

name

A town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township.

name

Misspelling of Yangzi.

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕子 (Yànzǐ), meaning "swallow" (the bird).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Yen-tzu (alternative) Yen-tse (alternative) Yen-tze (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yanzi?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjæn.zi/.
What does yanzi mean?
A river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.
Where does yanzi come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce yanzi

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