Etymograph

English

Pingyuan

Pingyuan comes from Mandarin ^平原.

  1. Mandarinmodern^平原Píngyuán
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1971Pingyuan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern^平原Píngyuán
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1971Pingyuan

Earliest quotation: 1971, Donald W. Klein, Han Che-i: “The North China Government was absorbed by the central…”

Another origin of Pingyuan

  1. Mandarinmodern^平遠Píngyuǎn
  2. EnglishtodayPingyuan

Today it means

name A former province in China. Capital: Xinxiang.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin ^平原 / Pingyuan