English
Fukien
Fukien comes from Mandarin 福建.
- Mandarinmodern福建Fújiàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1937Fukien
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern福建Fújiàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1937Fukien
Earliest quotation: 1937, Robert Lockhart Hobson: “A few more Fukien figures and groups are included…”
Every English word from Mandarin 福建
Today it means
name The Hokkien language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 福建 / Fukien