English
Pukwei
Pukwei comes from Mandarin 卜奎.
- Mandarinmodern卜奎
- Englishearliest quotation 1905Pukwei
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern卜奎
- Englishearliest quotation 1905Pukwei
Earliest quotation: 1905, Archibald Little, The Dependencies: Part I. Manchuria: “North: Heilungkiang, 140,000 square miles. Population, 2,000,000. Capital, Tsitsihar,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 卜奎
Today it means
name Synonym of Qiqihar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 卜奎 / Pukwei