Etymograph

English

Mentougou

Mentougou comes from Mandarin 門頭溝.

  1. Mandarinmodern門頭溝Méntóugōu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Mentougou

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern門頭溝Méntóugōu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Mentougou

Earliest quotation: 2023, Chris Buckley, Two Dead as Heavy Rains Batter Beijing, Putting City on Aler: “Between Saturday evening and Monday at 1 p.m., Beijing…”

Today it means

name A district of Beijing, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 門頭溝 / Mentougou