Etymograph

English

Zhoushan

Zhoushan comes from Mandarin 舟山.

  1. Mandarinmodern舟山Zhōushān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Zhoushan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern舟山Zhōushān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015Zhoushan

Earliest quotation: 2015, David Metz, Teaching the Common Core in China [当美国教育方法遇到中国应试制度]: “The meeting began in a stark, white-tiled lecture hall…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 舟山 / Zhoushan