English
Hsi-ch'uan
Hsi-ch'uan comes from Mandarin 淅川.
- Mandarinmodern淅川Xīchuān
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Hsi-ch'uan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern淅川Xīchuān
- Englishearliest quotation 1982Hsi-ch'uan
Earliest quotation: 1982, Thomas Lawton, Bronze Vessels, Fittings, and Weapons: “More recently, a Ch’u tomb at Hsi-ch’uan, Honan Province,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 淅川
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 淅川 / Hsi-ch'uan