Explore Kham through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kham in a sentence
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Kham meaning
One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan.
Using Kham
- The main meaning on this page is: One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan.
- In the example corpus, kham often appears in combinations such as: in kham, kham in, kham was.
Context around Kham
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kham
- In this selection, "kham" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, van, aung, protagonist, davis, hti and attending stand out and add context to how "kham" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1947 in kham in eastern and and eastern kham was incorporated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kham" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kham
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chau Van Kham on his first trip to Europe. (9 words)
So as mentioned earlier in the article, protagonist Kham just wants to get his damn elephant back. (17 words)
Amdo came under Qing control in 1724, and eastern Kham was incorporated into neighbouring Chinese provinces in 1728. (18 words)
Next, Donyo Dorje, the Bönpo king of Beri in Kham was found writing to the Tsangpa king in Shigatse to propose a co-ordinated 'pincer attack' on the Lhasa Gelugpa monasteries from east and west, seeking to utterly destroy them once and for all. (44 words)
When pressed, she admits that there was perhaps a turning point for her mastery of her craft that came not from being in front of the camera, but on stage in her 2008 dance-theater performance “in-i” with Akram Kham. (41 words)
What Kham’s mother might not have known when she persuaded her daughter to weave was that her words would later help the young girl escape poverty and become a respected teacher at a prominent weaving centre under royal patronage. (40 words)
Example sentences (10)
Kozak and Kham Davis hit consecutive 3-pointers and Harding added a layup during an 8-1 spurt to tie the game 72-72 with seven seconds left in regulation.
Chau Van Kham on his first trip to Europe.
Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who has close ties with U Aung Kham Hti, was among the initial funders of the pagoda’s foundation, donating the same amount—1 million kyats.
So as mentioned earlier in the article, protagonist Kham just wants to get his damn elephant back.
Sogyal Rinpoche was born as Sonam Gyaltsen Lakar in 1947 in Kham, in eastern Tibet, and studied under various Tibetan Buddhist masters like Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
When pressed, she admits that there was perhaps a turning point for her mastery of her craft that came not from being in front of the camera, but on stage in her 2008 dance-theater performance “in-i” with Akram Kham.
What Kham’s mother might not have known when she persuaded her daughter to weave was that her words would later help the young girl escape poverty and become a respected teacher at a prominent weaving centre under royal patronage.
Amdo came under Qing control in 1724, and eastern Kham was incorporated into neighbouring Chinese provinces in 1728.
Kapstein 2006, pg. 19 Tibetan family in Kham attending a horse festival The language has numerous regional dialects which are generally not mutually intelligible.
Next, Donyo Dorje, the Bönpo king of Beri in Kham was found writing to the Tsangpa king in Shigatse to propose a co-ordinated 'pincer attack' on the Lhasa Gelugpa monasteries from east and west, seeking to utterly destroy them once and for all.
Common combinations with kham
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in kham 3×
- kham in 2×
- kham was 2×