English
Sizhou
Sizhou comes from Hanyu Pinyin Sìzhōu ‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肆州’, and goes back to Chinese 泗州 ‘zhou on the Si River’.
- Chinesemodern泗州Sìzhōu‘zhou on the Si River’
- Hanyu PinyinmodernSìzhōu‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肆州’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Sizhou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Chinesemodern泗州Sìzhōu‘zhou on the Si River’
- Hanyu PinyinmodernSìzhōu‘Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肆州’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008Sizhou
Earliest quotation: 2008, Yaohui 董耀会 Dong, To review the historical evolution of the Great Wall [步入长城的历: “The Eastern Wei wanted to annex the Western Wei…”
Every English word from Chinese 泗州
Today it means
name A subprefecture of Jiangnan, in Qing-era China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 泗州 / Sizhou