English
Pei-kan
Pei-kan comes from Mandarin 北竿.
- Mandarinmodern北竿Běigān
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Pei-kan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern北竿Běigān
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Pei-kan
Earliest quotation: 1970, Ken Fitzgerald, Asia: “South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China…”
Every English word from Mandarin 北竿
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 北竿 / Pei-kan