Etymology

Shishou

Shi·shou
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Today it means: A county-level city of Jingzhou, Hubei, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 石首
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from石首
  2. English todayShishou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石首 (Shíshǒu).

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