English
Hokchiang
Hokchiang comes from Eastern Min 福清.
- Eastern Minmodern福清Hók-chiăng
- Englishearliest quotation 1908Hokchiang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Eastern Minmodern福清Hók-chiăng
- Englishearliest quotation 1908Hokchiang
Earliest quotation: 1908, Frank L. Norris, China: “For the same year (1878) had witnessed a remarkable…”
Every English word from Eastern Min 福清
Today it means
name Synonym of Fuqing: the Eastern Min-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Eastern Min 福清 / Hokchiang