English
Pei-ching
Pei-ching comes from Mandarin 北京.
- Mandarinmodern北京Pei³-ching¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1860Pei-ching
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern北京Pei³-ching¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1860Pei-ching
Earliest quotation: 1860, Laurence Oliphant: “At Canton we have Anglicized the native word into…”
Every English word from Mandarin 北京
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 北京 / Pei-ching