English
Gaoyao
Gaoyao comes from Mandarin 高要.
- Mandarinmodern高要Gāoyāo
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Gaoyao
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern高要Gāoyāo
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Gaoyao
Earliest quotation: 2007, Keith Bradsher, Concerns raised on China's global health disclosures: “A man answering the phones at the city government…”
Every English word from Mandarin 高要
Today it means
name A district of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 高要 / Gaoyao