蛮夷

See also: 蠻夷

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛮夷 – see 蠻夷 (“non-Han ethnic groups living in modern-day southern and eastern China”). (This term is the simplified form of 蠻夷).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
蛮	夷

Noun

蛮夷

1. chữ Hán form of man di (“barbarian; savage; primitive”)
   • 1870, 黎吳吉 [Lê Ngô Cát], 范廷碎 [Phạm Đình Toái], 大南國史演歌 [Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca, Narrative Song of the National History of Đại Nam]‎^[1], page 12a:

     張喬誠信撫綏
     祝良威德蛮夷拱𧵆

     Trương Kiều thành tín phủ tuy,
     Chúc Lương uy đức, man di cũng gần.

     Trương Kiều soothed the people with sincerity and good faith.
     Chúc Lương drew the barbarians close with authority and virtue.