English
Wu-hsi
Wu-hsi comes from Mandarin 無錫.
- Mandarinmodern無錫Wúxī
- Englishearliest quotation 1976Wu-hsi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern無錫Wúxī
- Englishearliest quotation 1976Wu-hsi
Earliest quotation: 1976, Charlton M. Lewis, Literati Antiforeignism: Hunan and the Riots of 1891: “More often, the reverse appeared to be the case:…”
Every English word from Mandarin 無錫
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 無錫 / Wu-hsi