yung-ch'ang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Yongchang.
Example Sentences
- "In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[…]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch’ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials.""
- "The following year ten thosuand Hsiung-nu cavalry invaded Shang-ku,⁹⁶ but in 121 B.C. General Huo Ch’ü-ping, at the head of ten thousand cavalry, setting off from Lung-hsi⁹⁷ marched for over one thousand li, crossed the Yen-chih Mountains,⁹⁸ and attacked the Hsiung-nu."
- "In March 1647, three years after the Manchus had first occupied Beijing, Chang Shang, the governor of Kansu Province, was on an inspection tour. By March 4 he had reached Yung-ch'ang, a county lying just within the Great Wall."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 永昌, -