匈奴
Chinese
Hungary; thorax; chest | slave | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (匈奴) | 匈 | 奴 | |
simp. #(匈奴) | 匈 | 奴 |
Etymology
Schuessler (2014) reconstructs its 318 BCE pronunciation as *hoŋ-nâ and later *hɨoŋ-nɑ, which he suggests to be a Han or pre-Han transcription of foreign *Hŏna or *Hŭna, which may be connected to Sanskrit हूणा (hūṇā), Huns, Latin Hunni, Ancient Greek Οὖννοι (Oûnnoi) (ibid.; Pulleyblank, 2000).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung1 nou4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄋㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Syongnú
- Wade–Giles: Hsiung1-nu2
- Yale: Syūng-nú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiongnu
- Palladius: Сюнну (Sjunnu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung1 nou4
- Yale: hūng nòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung1 nou4
- Guangdong Romanization: hung1 nou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ nou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: xjowng nu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoŋ naː/
Proper noun
匈奴
- (historical) Xiongnu (ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty)
Synonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
匈 | 奴 |
きょう Hyōgai |
ど Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
匈 | 奴 |
Hyōgai | Grade: S |
irregular |
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
---|---|
匈 | 奴 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
---|---|
匈 | 奴 |
Proper noun
匈奴
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Teochew lemmas
- Middle Chinese lemmas
- Old Chinese lemmas
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Cantonese proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Teochew proper nouns
- Middle Chinese proper nouns
- Old Chinese proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 匈
- Chinese terms spelled with 奴
- Chinese terms with historical senses
- zh:Tribes
- Japanese terms spelled with 匈 read as きょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 奴 read as ど
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms spelled with 匈
- Japanese terms spelled with 奴
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Demonyms
- Korean lemmas
- Korean proper nouns
- Korean proper nouns in Han script
- Korean hanja forms
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese proper nouns
- Vietnamese proper nouns in Han script
- Vietnamese Chữ Hán