English
Wu-chiang
Wu-chiang comes from Mandarin 吳江.
- Mandarinmodern吳江Wújiāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Wu-chiang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern吳江Wújiāng
- Englishearliest quotation 1959Wu-chiang
Earliest quotation: 1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China: “What is not mentioned in the cases of Ch'ang-shu…”
The story
The Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng).
Every English word from Mandarin 吳江
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 吳江 / Wu-chiang