English
Kharbin
Kharbin comes from Russian Харбин ‘Harbin’, and goes back to Mandarin 哈爾濱.
- Mandarinmodern哈爾濱
- RussianmodernХарбинXarbin‘Harbin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906Kharbin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern哈爾濱
- RussianmodernХарбинXarbin‘Harbin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906Kharbin
Earliest quotation: 1906, Maurice Baring, With the Russians in Manchuria: “Whenever one passed by an officer's quarters he invariably…”
Every English word from Mandarin 哈爾濱
Today it means
name Synonym of Harbin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 哈爾濱 / Kharbin