Etymograph

English

Ssu-ch'uan

Ssu-ch'uan comes from Mandarin 四川.

  1. Mandarinmodern四川Sìchuān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1898Ssu-ch'uan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern四川Sìchuān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1898Ssu-ch'uan

Earliest quotation: 1898, G. J. L. Litton, Report of a Journey to North Ssu-ch'uan: “It appears that heavy autumn rains following on the…”

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 四川 / Ssu-ch'uan