English
Hsi-ning
Hsi-ning comes from Mandarin 西寧.
- Mandarinmodern西寧Xīníng
- Englishearliest quotation 1894Hsi-ning
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern西寧Xīníng
- Englishearliest quotation 1894Hsi-ning
Earliest quotation: 1894, William Woodville Rockhill, Smithsonian Institution: “When we had finished tea the Jalang put on…”
Every English word from Mandarin 西寧
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 西寧 / Hsi-ning