Etymograph

English

Heze

Heze comes from Mandarin 菏澤.

  1. Mandarinmodern菏澤Hézé
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1983Heze

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern菏澤Hézé
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1983Heze

Earliest quotation: 1983, QUAKE IN CHINA KILLS AT LEAST 30: “The official New China News Agency said that five…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 菏澤 / Heze