Etymograph

English

Yangzi

Yangzi comes from Mandarin 揚子.

  1. Mandarinmodern揚子Yángzǐ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1975Yangzi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern揚子Yángzǐ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1975Yangzi

Earliest quotation: 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty: “The only armed guards we saw in China were…”

Another origin of Yangzi

  1. Mandarinmodern洋梓Yángzǐ
  2. EnglishtodayYangzi

Today it means

name —

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 揚子 / Yangzi