English
Hengshui
Hengshui comes from Mandarin 衡水.
- Mandarinmodern衡水Héngshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Hengshui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern衡水Héngshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Hengshui
Earliest quotation: 1891, Western Shantung: “The dust-storms have been not merely unintermittent, but of…”
Every English word from Mandarin 衡水
Today it means
name A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 衡水 / Hengshui