English
Youyu
Youyu comes from Mandarin 右玉.
- Mandarinmodern右玉Yòuyù
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Youyu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern右玉Yòuyù
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Youyu
Earliest quotation: 2010, Peter Hessler, The Wall: “Having been constructed to keep the barbarians out, the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 右玉
Today it means
name A county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 右玉 / Youyu