English
Jiangnan
Jiangnan comes from Hanyu Pinyin Jiāngnán ‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 江南’, and goes back to Chinese 江南 ‘Place South of the [Yangtze] River’.
- Chinesemodern江南Jiāngnán‘Place South of the [Yangtze] River’
- Hanyu PinyinmodernJiāngnán‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 江南’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993Jiangnan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Chinesemodern江南Jiāngnán‘Place South of the [Yangtze] River’
- Hanyu PinyinmodernJiāngnán‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 江南’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993Jiangnan
Earliest quotation: 1993, Preface: “The term underwent several stages of modification in the…”
Every English word from Chinese 江南
Today it means
name A roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 江南 / Jiangnan