English
I-pin
I-pin comes from Mandarin 宜賓.
- Mandarinmodern宜賓Yíbīn
- Englishearliest quotation 1960I-pin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern宜賓Yíbīn
- Englishearliest quotation 1960I-pin
Earliest quotation: 1960, A Report on Aid to Agricultural Technica, United States Joint Publications Research Service: “A plant being built in I-pin will produce 6,000…”
Every English word from Mandarin 宜賓
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 宜賓 / I-pin