English
Meixian
Meixian comes from Mandarin 梅縣.
- Mandarinmodern梅縣Méi Xiàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Meixian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern梅縣Méi Xiàn
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Meixian
Earliest quotation: 1990, Sheryl WuDunn, A Hero in Canton, a Harbinger of Prosperity: “Mr. Ye's more recent roots are in a county…”
Every English word from Mandarin 梅縣
Today it means
name A former county of Guangdong, China, ancestral home of many Hakka emigrants
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 梅縣 / Meixian