English
T'ai-yüan
T'ai-yüan comes from Mandarin 太原.
- Mandarinmodern太原Tàiyuán
- Englishearliest quotation 1904T'ai-yüan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern太原Tàiyuán
- Englishearliest quotation 1904T'ai-yüan
Earliest quotation: 1904, 1904 January 9, J. W. Jamieson: “Mr. Carles has alluded to a curious faculty certain…”
Every English word from Mandarin 太原
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 太原 / T'ai-yüan