English
Shao-hsing
Shao-hsing comes from Mandarin 紹興//.
- Mandarinmodern紹興//Shao⁴-hsing¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1868Shao-hsing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern紹興//Shao⁴-hsing¹
- Englishearliest quotation 1868Shao-hsing
Earliest quotation: 1868, Henry Moule, A Narrative of the Conversion of a Chinese Physician: “In the autumn they were reinforced, and moved northward…”
Every English word from Mandarin 紹興//
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 紹興// / Shao-hsing