zhongyuan
/ˈt͡ʃɔŋ.jæn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Synonym of Central Plain: A region of China, on the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization
Example Sentences
- "On the night of 19 April, Hou Zongbin, secretary of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, Zhang Zhigang. member of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, and leaders of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department and Zhengzhou City went to Zhongyuan District Public Security Bureau, Ludong Village Police Substation, Zhengzhou Railroad Public Security Bureau, Erqi District Public Security Bureau, Dehua Street Police Substation, and some other police substations in Zhengzhou City to inspect work and see police officers and policemen on duty there."
- "As early as 2002, the People's Court of Zhongyuan District in Zhengzhou, He'nan^([sic – meaning Henan]) Province, a court at the basic level, issued Several Provisions on the Application of the Precedent Decisions Mechanism (Guanyu Shixing Xianli Panjue Zhidu de Ruogan Guiding), under which the adjudication committee of the court selected and issued precedent decisions."
- "The lockdown in Zhengzhou began early last week when people in more than a dozen neighborhoods in the central Zhongyuan district, west of the Foxconn factory, were told to stay at home, according to an official notice."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中元節 /中元节 (Zhōngyuánjié), from 中元 (Zhōngyuán, “central & fundamental”), a name for the 15th day of the 7th month of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, on which the festival is celebrated.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 中元節, 中原