Etymograph

English

Xingyi

Xingyi comes from Mandarin 興義.

  1. Mandarinmodern興義Xīngyì
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014Xingyi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern興義Xīngyì
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014Xingyi

Earliest quotation: 2014, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Father’s Day Plea to Educate China’s ‘Illegal’ Children: “Local officials in Xingyi, Guizhou, denied that Mr. Wang’s…”

Today it means

name A county-level city of Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 興義 / Xingyi