English
Ssŭ-ch'uan
Ssŭ-ch'uan comes from Mandarin 四川.
- Mandarinmodern四川Sìchuān
- Englishearliest quotation 1886Ssŭ-ch'uan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern四川Sìchuān
- Englishearliest quotation 1886Ssŭ-ch'uan
Earliest quotation: 1886, E. Colborne Baber, Travels and Researches of the Interior of China: “In the typical pagoda of the south-eastern provinces the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 四川
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 四川 / Ssŭ-ch'uan