獫允

See also: 猃狁, 玁狁, 玁允, and 獫狁

Chinese

		long-snout dog	just; fair; to permit just; fair; to permit; to allow
trad. (獫允)		獫	允
simp. (猃狁)		猃	狁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎnyǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎnyǔn [Phonetic: xiányǔn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎnyǔn
    • Wade–Giles: Hsien³-yün³
    • Yale: Syǎn-yǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheanyeun
    • Palladius: Сяньюнь (Sjanʹjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ yn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

獫允

1. An ancient northern nomadic tribe during the Zhou dynasty

   • 不遑啟居、獫允之故。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不遑启居、猃允之故。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bù huáng qǐ jū, xiǎnyǔn zhī gù. [Pinyin]

     We shall have no leisure to rest, Because of the Xian-yun.