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Jie
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English
+ people
Alternative forms
en Chieh
Etymology
Borrowed from the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn ^羯, from en ltc 羯, itself borrowed from en mis-jie -.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒjɛ/
en ɛ 1
Noun
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en historical An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
en Kjet
Translations
Chinese:
Literary Chinese: lzh-lit ^羯lzh check whether this should be lzh-lit ("Literary Chinese") or lzh ("Classical Chinese", < c. 200 AD)
Mandarin: cmn ^羯
Proper noun
en historical The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.
en Kjet
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羯語
en Tribes Ethnonyms Languages
Indonesian
Alternative forms
id Djie
Etymology
From id hak - 佘.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hakka