English
Kaihsienkung
Kaihsienkung comes from Mandarin 開弦弓.
- Mandarinmodern開弦弓Kāixiángōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Kaihsienkung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern開弦弓Kāixiángōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1939Kaihsienkung
Earliest quotation: 1939, Hsiao-tung, London: George Routledge and Sons: “The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 開弦弓
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 開弦弓 / Kaihsienkung