Etymograph

English

Guanghua

Guanghua comes from Mandarin 光化.

  1. Mandarinmodern光化Guānghuà
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Guanghua

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern光化Guānghuà
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Guanghua

Earliest quotation: 1976, Joseph W. Esherick, University of California Press: “Zhang Guoquan, a soldier in the cavalry, collaborated with…”

Today it means

name A subdistrict of Laohekou, Hubei, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 光化 / Guanghua