Jie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
name
  1. The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒjɛ/

Word forms

Jie Chieh

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

Synonyms

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