English
Xuanwei
Xuanwei comes from Mandarin 宣威.
- Mandarinmodern宣威Xuānwēi
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Xuanwei
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern宣威Xuānwēi
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Xuanwei
Earliest quotation: 2010, Sindya N. Bhanoo, Coal Is Linked to Cancer in China Province: “Nonsmoking women in an area of China’s Yunnan province…”
Every English word from Mandarin 宣威
Today it means
name A county-level city of Qujing, Yunnan, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 宣威 / Xuanwei