English
Xinghai
Xinghai comes from Mandarin 興海.
- Mandarinmodern興海Xìnghǎi
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Xinghai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern興海Xìnghǎi
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Xinghai
Earliest quotation: 1991, Nicholas D. Kristof, In Corner of Tibet, Chinese Now Predominate: “In Xinghai County, two young men were forced to…”
Every English word from Mandarin 興海
Today it means
name A county of Hainan, Qinghai, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 興海 / Xinghai