English
Zhongguo
Zhongguo comes from Mandarin 中國.
- Mandarinmodern中國Zhōngguó
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Zhongguo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern中國Zhōngguó
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Zhongguo
Earliest quotation: 1988, Jörg Schuldhess, Who They Are and What They Do: “Yes, the Chinese are as if they had just…”
Every English word from Mandarin 中國
Today it means
name 3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 中國 / Zhongguo