Etymology

Cixi

Ci·xi
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Today it means: A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county. Full definition →

Mandarin 慈谿 /慈溪
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from慈谿 /慈溪
  2. English todayCixi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 慈谿 /慈溪 (Cíxī).

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