English
Keen-chang
Keen-chang comes from Chinese 建昌.
- Chinesemodern建昌Jiànchāngliterally ‘Establishing Prosperity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Keen-chang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Chinesemodern建昌Jiànchāngliterally ‘Establishing Prosperity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880Keen-chang
Earliest quotation: 1880, WHITE WAX OF CHINA.: “IN the Keen-chang district of the province of Szechuen…”
Every English word from Chinese 建昌
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 建昌 / Keen-chang