English
Xingyi
Xingyi comes from Mandarin 興義.
- Mandarinmodern興義Xīngyì
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Xingyi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern興義Xīngyì
- 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…”
Every English word from Mandarin 興義
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