English
Li-shui
Li-shui comes from Mandarin 麗水.
- Mandarinmodern麗水
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Li-shui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern麗水
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Li-shui
Earliest quotation: 1970, Arthur Waley, At Peking, 1736 to 1743: “In 1743, at the early age of 27, he…”
Every English word from Mandarin 麗水
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 麗水 / Li-shui