English
Ying-ch'eng
Ying-ch'eng comes from Mandarin 應城.
- Mandarinmodern應城Yìngchéng
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ying-ch'eng
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern應城Yìngchéng
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Ying-ch'eng
Earliest quotation: 1903, Joseph Edkins, Hupei Salt Wells: “In Hupei, at Wu-siu, about four hundred li from…”
Every English word from Mandarin 應城
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 應城 / Ying-ch'eng