English
Xianggang
Xianggang comes from Mandarin 香港.
- Mandarinmodern香港Xiānggǎng
- Englishearliest quotation 1981Xianggang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern香港Xiānggǎng
- Englishearliest quotation 1981Xianggang
Earliest quotation: 1981, Robert S. B. Watson, A Look at the British Regimental System: “At the end of that period, it may move…”
Every English word from Mandarin 香港
Today it means
name Synonym of Hong Kong: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (especially in the Chinese English language media)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 香港 / Xianggang