Etymograph

English

Zikawei

Zikawei comes from Chinese 徐家匯.

  1. Chinesemodern徐家匯⁶zhi-ka₁-we₆
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1945Zikawei

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Chinesemodern徐家匯⁶zhi-ka₁-we₆
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1945Zikawei

Earliest quotation: 1945, Eugene E. Fahy, China War Diary: “The Bishop was allowed to say daily Mass, and…”

Today it means

name Synonym of Xujiahui, an area of Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.

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

Etymograph / Chinese 徐家匯 / Zikawei