English
Xuan'en
Xuan'en comes from Mandarin 宣恩.
- Mandarinmodern宣恩Xuān'ēn
- Englishearliest quotation 2011Xuan'en
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern宣恩Xuān'ēn
- Englishearliest quotation 2011Xuan'en
Earliest quotation: 2011, Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine: “Some cadres kept two sets of books, one with…”
Every English word from Mandarin 宣恩
Today it means
name A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 宣恩 / Xuan'en