五胡

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Chinese

		five	barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (五胡)		五	胡
simp. ^#(五胡)		五	胡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔhú

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhú
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-hu²
  - Yale: Wǔ-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwu
  - Palladius: Уху (Uxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - Yale: ńgh wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹/

Proper noun

五胡

the Five Barbarians (the ethnic groups Xiongnu (匈奴), Xianbei (鮮卑), Di (氐), Qiang (羌), Jie (羯), regarded as barbarians by the Chinese)

Derived terms

五胡亂華／五胡乱华 (Wǔhúluànhuá)

Korean

Hanja in this term
五	胡

Proper noun

五胡 • (Oho) (hangeul 오호)

hanja form^? of 오호 (“(historical) the Five Barbarians”)

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