ying-shan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Yingshan.
Example Sentences
- "FOUR BAPTISMS IN YING-SHAN We had looked forward to four or five days' work in Ying-shan similar to that in Yün-mung,but at the end of our two days' walk from the one city to the other (they lie more than fifty miles apart), Mr. Terrell had a touch of fever, so we judged it best to remain in Ying-shan only for a day and then travel as quickly as possible by chair to Teh-ngan to consult our good friend, Dr. Morley, of the Wesleyan Mission Hospital in that city, and from thence take boat for Hankow....The third, Tseng, is a cloth-seller living in the northern suburb of the city; while old Mrs. Leu lives seven miles to the south of Ying-shan."
- "Next morning we started for Ying-shan, and reached the city early in the afternoon. Having deposited our baggage in an inn at the south gate, we went to the north gate, hoping to hear something of Mr. Lo, our convert in Ying-shan."
- "After the Fourth Red Army moved up to the front at Ying-shan in mid July, it routed the KMT troops stationed in that area one after another, capturing altogether some two thousand rifles and men. And in the wake of victory, the Fourth Red Army occupied the two county seats of Ying-shan and Yi-shui."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 英山, -