五胡

Chinese

		five	barbarian; recklessly; surname
simp. and trad. (五胡)		五	胡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔhú

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Wǔhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwu
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - Yale: ńgh wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹/

Proper noun

五胡

the Five Barbarians (the ethnic groups Xiongnu (匈奴), Xianbei (鮮卑), Di (氐), Qiang (羌), Jie (羯), regarded as barbarians by the Chinese)

Derived terms

五胡亂華／五胡乱华 (Wǔhúluànhuá)

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