English
Zhapu
Zhapu comes from Mandarin 乍浦.
- Mandarinmodern乍浦Zhàpǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Zhapu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern乍浦Zhàpǔ
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Zhapu
Earliest quotation: 1990, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Princeton: “In that year the large Hangzhou garrison was subdivided…”
Every English word from Mandarin 乍浦
Today it means
name A town in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China, on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay and important under the Qing as a port and military garrison.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 乍浦 / Zhapu