夷狄
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Chinese
[edit]safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian |
barbarians; name of a tribe | ||
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trad. (夷狄) | 夷 | 狄 | |
simp. #(夷狄) | 夷 | 狄 |
Etymology
[edit]From archaic exonymic references to tribes that were not considered 諸夏, but were physically located close to the 中國; from 夷 (OC *lil, “eastern tribes”) + 狄 (OC *deːɡ, “northern tribes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄉㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yídí
- Wade–Giles: i2-ti2
- Yale: yí-dí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yidyi
- Palladius: иди (idi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³⁵ ti³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji4 dik6
- Yale: yìh dihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji4 dik9
- Guangdong Romanization: yi4 dig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː²¹ tɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: yij dek
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ləj lˤek/
- (Zhengzhang): /*lil deːɡ/
Noun
[edit]夷狄
- (historical, archaic) the barbarians (peoples inhabiting regions peripheral to the historical Chinese heartland)
- 子曰:「夷狄之有君,不如諸夏之亡也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
- Zǐyuē: “Yídí zhī yǒu jūn, bùrú zhūxià zhī wáng yě.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "The barbarians have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them."
子曰:「夷狄之有君,不如诸夏之亡也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, derogatory) barbarian (any ethnic group considered uncivilized)
Usage notes
[edit]Typically applied by those who consider themselves 諸夏, with the connotation of otherhood or distance.
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