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Jie

//d͡ʒjɛ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin. historical
Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people. historical, plural, plural-only

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

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