English
Pa-tung
Pa-tung comes from Mandarin 巴東.
- Mandarinmodern巴東Bādōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1898Pa-tung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern巴東Bādōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1898Pa-tung
Earliest quotation: 1898, Archibald John Little, Through the Yang-tse Gorges: “The gorge widens out slightly after leaving Pa-tung, giving…”
Every English word from Mandarin 巴東
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 巴東 / Pa-tung