English
Shan-t'ou
Shan-t'ou comes from Mandarin 汕頭.
- Mandarinmodern汕頭Shàntóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Shan-t'ou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern汕頭Shàntóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Shan-t'ou
Earliest quotation: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China: “Thus, the northeastward movement of the Yao after their…”
Every English word from Mandarin 汕頭
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 汕頭 / Shan-t'ou