English
Hsinchu
Hsinchu comes from Mandarin 新竹.
- Mandarinmodern新竹Hsin¹-chu²
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Hsinchu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern新竹Hsin¹-chu²
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Hsinchu
Earliest quotation: 1880, Inspector General of Customs, Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports for the Year 1879: “The removal of the Prefect from Teukcham to Banka…”
Every English word from Mandarin 新竹
Today it means
name A city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 新竹 / Hsinchu