Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhili

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: Zhi-li
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former administrative region of China, later reformed into Hebei province in 1928.

Example Sentences

"The effort to redeem Baoding has echoes in the past. It was once the capital of Zhili Province, made up of today’s Hebei Province and Tianjin."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 直隸 /直隶 (Zhílì).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, ^直隸

Inflected Forms

Chihli (alternative) Chih-li (alternative)

Synonyms

Beizhili

Questions

What does zhili mean?: A former administrative region of China, later reformed into Hebei province in 1928.
Where does zhili come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 直隸 /直隶 (Zhílì).

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