English
Kweisui
Kweisui comes from Mandarin 歸綏／归绥.
- Mandarinmodern歸綏／归绥Guīsuí
- Englishearliest quotation 1948Kweisui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern歸綏／归绥Guīsuí
- Englishearliest quotation 1948Kweisui
Earliest quotation: 1948, Thomas E. Ennis, Eastern Asia: “Japan took advantage of Chinese defeats in Inner Mongolia.…”
Every English word from Mandarin 歸綏／归绥
Today it means
name Former name of Hohhot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 歸綏／归绥 / Kweisui