English
Hoiping
Hoiping comes from Cantonese 開平.
- Cantonesemodern開平hoi¹ ping⁴
- Englishearliest quotation 1972Hoiping
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern開平hoi¹ ping⁴
- Englishearliest quotation 1972Hoiping
Earliest quotation: 1972, H. Brett Melody, The Oriental Americans: “In 1851 the Cantonese from the Kwangtung Three Districts…”
Every English word from Cantonese 開平
Today it means
name Synonym of Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 開平 / Hoiping