English
Fengxian
Fengxian comes from Mandarin 奉賢.
- Mandarinmodern奉賢Fèngxiánliterally ‘offer to the worthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1938Fengxian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern奉賢Fèngxiánliterally ‘offer to the worthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1938Fengxian
Earliest quotation: 1938, 1938 August 21, Japanese Round Up Guerillas^([sic]): “At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a…”
Every English word from Mandarin 奉賢
Today it means
name A district of Shanghai, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 奉賢 / Fengxian