Jie
Meanings
noun
- An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
name
- The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.
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