Etymology

Hengchin

H4E1N1G2C3H4I1N1
Mandarin 橫琴 /横琴
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from橫琴 /横琴
  2. English todayHengchin

From Mandarin 橫琴 /横琴 (Héngqín) Wade–Giles romanization: Hêng²-chʻin².

Words from the same roots

Mandarin橫琴 all →

Hengqin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.