Etymograph

English

Yichun

Yichun comes from Mandarin 伊春.

  1. Mandarinmodern伊春Yīchūn
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Yichun

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern伊春Yīchūn
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Yichun

Earliest quotation: 2011, Henry Sanderson, In China, loans lure city officials: “That’s the case in Yichun, a Maryland-sized area of…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 伊春 / Yichun