English
Tsungming
Tsungming comes from Mandarin 崇明.
- Mandarinmodern崇明Chóngmíng
- Englishearliest quotation 1883Tsungming
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern崇明Chóngmíng
- Englishearliest quotation 1883Tsungming
Earliest quotation: 1883, S. Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography: “The fall of the Yangtsz’ is nearly double that…”
Every English word from Mandarin 崇明
Today it means
name Synonym of Chongming.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 崇明 / Tsungming