English
Ho-p'u
Ho-p'u comes from Mandarin 合浦.
- Mandarinmodern合浦Hépǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1958Ho-p'u
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern合浦Hépǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1958Ho-p'u
Earliest quotation: 1958, Cyril Birch, Stories from a Ming Collection: “It remains to tell how Chiang Hsing-ko, one year…”
Every English word from Mandarin 合浦
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 合浦 / Ho-p'u