Etymology

Chien-ou

Mandarin 建甌 /建瓯
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from建甌 /建瓯
  2. English todayChien-ou

From Mandarin 建甌 /建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chien⁴-ou¹.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin建甌 all →

Jian'ou

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.