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Hyson

Definition: Hyson

Hyson

Noun

1. A Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hyson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Note: Hyson \Hy"son\, noun. [Chin. hi-tshun, literally, first crop, or blooming spring.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Hyson

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Hyson One of the varieties of green tea. "Ainsi nommé d'un mot chinois qui veut dire printemps, parce que c'est au commencement de cette saison qu'on le cueille. " (M. N. Bouillet.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Hyson

English words defined with "hyson": Hyson skin. (references)

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Photo Album: Hyson

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Governors race in New Jersey. Young Hyson riding over the backs of the people. Stratton going ahead in the popular Jersey Style. Credit: Library of Congress.

Label for Y Hyson tea, illustrated with Chinese man and woman. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Usage Frequency: Hyson

"Hyson" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hyson" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hyson

The following table summarizes the usage of "hyson" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HysonLast name20033,588
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Hyson

Expression using "hyson": Hyson skin. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hyson

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hyson

10

hyson teledyne

4

hyson marilou

2

hyson murray

2

hyson product

2
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Modern Translations: Hyson

Language Translations for "hyson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

Tè Verde Cinese. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ysonhay

   

Portuguese

  

Hissom, Hipsométrico. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сорт китайского зеленого чая. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hyson

Derivations

Words beginning with "hyson": hysons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hyson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ayson, Cheysson, Fyson, haystoun, Hesoun, Hicon, hieson, Hilson, Hirson, Hisan, Hisao, hisn, hison, hisown, hissen, huysan, Hydon, hypon, Hyron, hyse, Hysni, Hytane, myson, Mysov, nyson, physog, pyson, rhytons. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hyson"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hyson" (pronounced hī"sun)
4-ī" s u nbison.
3-s u naflatoxin, angiotensin, antitoxin, arson, assassin, basin, bolson, businessperson, capsaicin, chairperson, chasten, christen, claxon, comparison, congressperson, damson, delicatessen, diocesan, dioxin, Dobson, ensign, fasten, garrison, Gibson, glisten, hasten, jettison, keelson, kelson, layperson, lessen, lesson, listen, loosen, Mason, medicine, moisten, myosin, Nelson, newsperson, oxen, oxytocin, parson, person, rechristen, rhodopsin, salesperson, spokesperson, toxin, unison, venison, washbasin, weatherperson, worsen.

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Anagrams: Hyson

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-n-o-s-y"

-1 letter: hons, hoys, nosh, nosy.

-2 letters: hon, hoy, noh, nos, ohs, ons, shy, son, soy, syn, yon.

-3 letters: ho, no, oh, on, os, oy, sh, so, yo.

 Words containing the letters "h-n-o-s-y"
 

+1 letter: honeys, hysons, syphon.

 

+2 letters: honesty, honkeys, hoydens, nymphos, phoneys, phytons, pythons, rhytons, synchro, syphons, typhons, unshowy.

 

+3 letters: chymosin, cushiony, gryphons, halcyons, homonyms, honestly, hyoscine, hyperons, hypnoses, hypnosis, hyponeas, pansophy, symphony, synchros, syphoned, tachyons, thionyls, thymosin, tonishly, typhoons, youngish, youthens.

 

+4 letters: anhydrous, chymosins, donnishly, dysphonia, erythrons, heinously, hemolysin, hogmanays, hogmenays, hokeyness, holystone, homeyness, honeybees, honeybuns, honeydews, hoydenish, hyalogens, hydrogens, hymnbooks, hymnodies, hyoscines, hypnotics, hypnotism, hypnotist, hyponoias, hypopneas, hypopyons, kyboshing, moonishly, neophytes, pantyhose, pythoness, shamoying, sycophant, symphonic, synchrony, syphoning, thymosins, thyroxins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hyson


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 79 73 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    -.--.    ...    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01111001 01110011 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#121 &#115 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0079 0073 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4291858180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Usage Frequency
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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