English
T'eng-ch'ung
T'eng-ch'ung comes from Mandarin 騰衝.
- Mandarinmodern騰衝Téngchōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1954T'eng-ch'ung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern騰衝Téngchōng
- Englishearliest quotation 1954T'eng-ch'ung
Earliest quotation: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China: “Most of the people have migrated from Lung-ling and…”
Every English word from Mandarin 騰衝
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 騰衝 / T'eng-ch'ung