Etymograph

English

Ya'an

Ya'an comes from Mandarin 雅安.

  1. Mandarinmodern雅安Yǎ'ān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Ya'an

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern雅安Yǎ'ān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Ya'an

Earliest quotation: 1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz: “Ya'an is a refreshing mixture of Han Chinese tradition…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 雅安 / Ya'an