Manchu

See also: manchu and manchú

English

Alternative forms

• Mandchou (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju), probably from Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmænˈt͡ʃuː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

Manchu (plural Manchus)

1. A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.
2. (obsolete) A person belonging to the Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty) of China.

Translations

member of the people

• Armenian: մանջուր (manǰur), մանջուրացի (manǰuracʻi)
• Buryat: манжа (manža), манжа хүн (manža xün)
• Catalan: manxú m or f
• Chagatai: مانجو (māncū /⁠mancu⁠/)
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 滿洲 (Mǎnzhōu)

  Mandarin: 滿族人／满族人 (Mǎnzúrén); 滿族／满族 (zh) (Mǎnzú); 滿人／满人 (zh) (Mǎnrén) (slightly derogatory); 滿洲人／满洲人 (Mǎnzhōurén) (dated)

• Dutch: Mantsjoe (nl)
• Esperanto: manĉuro
• Finnish: mantšu (fi)
• French: Mandchou (fr) m, Mandchoue (fr) f, mandchou (fr) m
• Hungarian: mandzsu (hu)
• Italian: manciù (it), mancese (it)
• Japanese: 満州人 (まんしゅうじん, manshūjin)
• Kazakh: манжұр (manjūr), манжур (manjur)
• Khmer: ម៉ាន់ជូ (mancuu)
• Korean: 만주인 (ko) (manju'in)
• Macedonian: Манџурец m (Mandžurec), Манџурка f (Mandžurka)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju), ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (manju niyalma)
• Mongolian:

  Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu), ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ
  ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ (manǰu kümün)

  Cyrillic: манж (mn) (manž), манж хүн (manž xün)

  Modern Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu), ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ
  ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ (manǰu kümün)

• Navajo: Manchoo dineʼé
• Polish: Mandżur (pl) m, Mandżurka (pl) f
• Portuguese: manchu (pt) m or f
• Russian: маньчжу́р (ru) m (manʹčžúr), маньчжу́рка (ru) f (manʹčžúrka)
• Southern Altai: манјы (manǰï), манјы кижи (manǰï kiži)
• Spanish: manchú (es) m
• Swedish: manchu (sv) c, manchurier (sv) c
• Tagalog: Mantsu
• Tibetan: མན་ཇུ་མི (man ju mi), མཉྫུའི་མི (mnydzu'i mi)
• Tuvan: манчы (mançı), манчы кижи (mançı kiji)
• Uyghur: مانجۇ (manju)
• Xibe: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Manchu

1. The indigenous language of the Manchu people, spoken in Manchuria.
2. (obsolete) The Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty).
3. A surname.

Related terms

• Manjuristics

Translations

language

• Armenian: մանջուրերեն (hy) (manǰureren)
• Catalan: manxú m
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 滿洲語, 清語 (qīngyǔ)

  Mandarin: 滿語／满语 (zh) (mǎnyǔ)

• Corsican: mancese (co) m
• Daur: манж хэль (manž helʹ)
• Dutch: Mantsjoe (nl), Mantsjoerijs
• Finnish: mantšu (fi)
• French: mandchou (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mandzsu (hu)
• Italian: mancese (it) m
• Japanese: 満州語 (ja) (まんしゅうご, manshūgo)
• Korean: 만주어 (ko) (manjueo)
• Macedonian: манџурски m (mandžurski)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (manju gisun)
• Mongolian: манж хэл (manž xel)
• Polish: mandżurski (pl) m
• Portuguese: manchu (pt) m
• Romanian: manciuriană (ro) f
• Russian: маньчжу́рский (ru) (manʹčžúrskij)
• Spanish: manchú (es) m
• Swedish: manchuiska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Mantsu
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: مانجۇ تىلى (manju tili), مانجۇچە (manjuche)
• Xibe: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

Manchu (not comparable)

1. Manchurian, referring to the Manchu(rian) people.
2. Manchurian, referring to the Manchu language.

Synonyms

• Manchurian

Translations

Manchurian, referring to the Manchu(rian) people

• Armenian: մանջուրական (hy) (manǰurakan)
• Catalan: manxú
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿人的／满人的 (mǎnrén de), 滿洲的／满洲的 (Mǎnzhōu de), 滿族的／满族的 (Mǎnzú de)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Mantjoe-, ^{(please verify)} Mantsjoerijns
• Finnish: mantšu (fi), mantšurialainen (fi)
• French: mandchou (fr)
• Hungarian: mandzsu (hu)
• Italian: mancese (it), manciuriano
• Korean: 만주인의 (manju'inui)
• Macedonian: манџурски (mandžurski)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡳ (manjui), ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡳ (manju-i)
• Mongolian: манж (mn) (manž)
• Polish: mandżurski (pl) m
• Portuguese: manchu (pt) m or f, manchuriano m
• Russian: маньчжу́рский (ru) (manʹčžúrskij)
• Spanish: manchú (es)
• Swedish: manchuisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Mantsu
• Tibetan: མན་ཇུ (man ju)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can

Manchurian, referring to the Manchu language

• Armenian: մանջուրերեն (hy) (manǰureren)
• Catalan: manxú
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿語的／满语的 (mǎnyǔ de)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Mantjoe-
• Finnish: mantšu (fi), mantšurialainen (fi)
• French: mandchou (fr)
• Hungarian: mandzsu (hu)
• Italian: mancese (it)
• Korean: 만주어의 (manjueoui)
• Macedonian: манџурски (mandžurski)
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᡳ (manju gisun-i)
• Mongolian: манж хэлний (manž xelnii)
• Polish: mandżurski (pl) m
• Portuguese: manchu (pt) m or f, manchuriano m
• Russian: маньчжу́рский (ru) (manʹčžúrskij)
• Spanish: manchú (es)
• Swedish: manchuisk (sv)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Manchu terms
• Manchu language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Manchu people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-2 code mnc [1], ISO 639-3 code mnc (SIL)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Manchu, mnc ⁠

Anagrams

• chuman, chunam, maunch