English
Tanshui
Tanshui comes from Mandarin 淡水.
- Mandarinmodern淡水Dànshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1883Tanshui
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern淡水Dànshuǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1883Tanshui
Earliest quotation: 1883, Formosa: “In virtue of treaties four ports have been thrown…”
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 / Tanshui