yen-t'ai
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Yantai.
Example Sentences
- "I was well done-up myself when I got to the top, and was more than pleased to rest a little and look down upon fading Yen-tʻai (the Chinese name for Chefoo), before the hills would shut it from my sight for weeks."
- "The Japanese had established their position on a line running nearly east and west about half-way between Yen-tʻai and the Sha River. It was in fact exactly parallel to the branch railway connecting Yen-tʻai with the Yen-tʻai mines."
- "The smallest incidents were to serve as pretexts for demonstrations of force and for demands for indemnities and reparations which increased China's subjection. For example, in 1876 China was constrained to sign the Conventions of Chih-fu (near Yen-tʻai, in north-eastern Shantung) with Great Britain after the murder of an English interpreter on the borders of Yunnan and Burma; the result was five new 'open ports' on top of the fifteen or so already existing."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 煙臺