English
Nankai
Nankai comes from Mandarin 南開.
- Mandarinmodern南開Nánkāi
- Englishearliest quotation 1986Nankai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern南開Nánkāi
- Englishearliest quotation 1986Nankai
Earliest quotation: 1986, Marcia Yudkin 尤德金, Who Are China's Individual Businesspeople?: “In the Nankai District of Tianjin, 20 percent of…”
Every English word from Mandarin 南開
Today it means
name A district of Tianjin, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 南開 / Nankai