English
Kuaiji
Kuaiji comes from Mandarin 會稽.
- Mandarinmodern會稽Kuàijī
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Kuaiji
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern會稽Kuàijī
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Kuaiji
Earliest quotation: 1988, Edward A. Gargan, China's Heady and Heralded Yellow Wine From Shaoxing: “IN 240 B.C., Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of…”
Every English word from Mandarin 會稽
Today it means
name A mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 會稽 / Kuaiji