English
Hsiao-kan
Hsiao-kan comes from Mandarin 孝感.
- Mandarinmodern孝感Hsiao⁴-kan³
- Englishearliest quotation 1910sHsiao-kan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern孝感Hsiao⁴-kan³
- Englishearliest quotation 1910sHsiao-kan
Earliest quotation: 1910s, William Robson, Griffith John of Hankow (Bright Biographies Series): “He could not be restrained from again visiting the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 孝感
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 孝感 / Hsiao-kan