English
Kaying
Kaying comes from Chinese 嘉應 ‘(historical) Kaying, Jiaying’.
- Chinesemodern嘉應-‘(historical) Kaying, Jiaying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1940Kaying
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinesemodern嘉應-‘(historical) Kaying, Jiaying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1940Kaying
Earliest quotation: 1940, John Joseph Considine, Pennsylvania: “Four of the Maryknoll territories are in South China,…”
Every English word from Chinese 嘉應
Today it means
name A former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 嘉應 / Kaying