English
P'u-t'ien
P'u-t'ien comes from Mandarin 莆田.
- Mandarinmodern莆田Pútián
- Englishearliest quotation 1931P'u-t'ien
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern莆田Pútián
- Englishearliest quotation 1931P'u-t'ien
Earliest quotation: 1931, Mary Brewster Hollister, Cambridge: “Every child of Pʻu-tʻien knows that the fertile plain,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 莆田
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 莆田 / P'u-t'ien