English
Fengjing
Fengjing comes from Mandarin 豐京 ‘lush or great capital’.
- Mandarinmodern豐京Fēngjīng‘lush or great capital’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Fengjing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern豐京Fēngjīng‘lush or great capital’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984Fengjing
Earliest quotation: 1984, Simon Holledge, Places of Interest in the Xi'an Area: “Fengjing on the western bank of the Feng River…”
Every English word from Mandarin 豐京
Today it means
name Synonym of Feng, an ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 豐京 / Fengjing