東夷
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See also: 东夷
Chinese
| east | safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (東夷) | 東 | 夷 | |
| simp. (东夷) | 东 | 夷 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dongyí
- Wade–Giles: Tung1-i2
- Yale: Dūng-yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongyi
- Palladius: Дунъи (Dunʺi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dung1 ji4
- Yale: dūng yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: dung1 yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: dung1 i1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuŋ¹¹ i¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Middle Chinese: tuwng yij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ ləj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ lil/
Proper noun
東夷
- (historical) “Eastern Barbarians” (non-Chinese ethnic groups living to China's east)