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yuezhi

/ˈjuˌdʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Yue-zhi
IPA
/ˈjuˌdʒi/
21
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the arid grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin area, in what is today Xinjiang and western Gansu, in China, before migrating to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern South Asia, where one branch of the Yuezhi founded the Kushan Empire.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Yuechi (alternative) Yueh-chih (alternative) Yueh-chi (alternative)

Synonyms

Rouzhi

Questions

How do you pronounce yuezhi?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuˌdʒi/.
What does yuezhi mean?
An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the arid grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin area, in what is today Xinjiang and western Gansu, in China, before migrating to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern South Asia, where one branch of the Yuezhi founded the Kushan Empire.
Where does yuezhi come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”).

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