English
Chengdu
Chengdu comes from Mandarin ^成都.
- Mandarinmodern^成都Chéngdū
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Chengdu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern^成都Chéngdū
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Chengdu
Earliest quotation: 2020, Keith Bradsher, China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating : “As the United States lashed out against the “new…”
Every English word from Mandarin ^成都
Today it means
name A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin ^成都 / Chengdu