English
Tan-shui
Tan-shui comes from Mandarin 淡水.
- Mandarinmodern淡水Dànshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1974Tan-shui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern淡水Dànshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1974Tan-shui
Earliest quotation: 1974, Stephan Feuchtwang, City Temples in Taipei Under Three Regimes: “Taipei lies on the east bank of the Tan-shui…”
Every English word from Mandarin 淡水
Today it means
name Synonym of Tamsui.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 淡水 / Tan-shui