荊蠻

Chinese

		thorn(y) Chu	southern barbarian
trad. (荊蠻)		荊	蠻
simp. (荆蛮)		荆	蛮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīngmán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄇㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngmán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄇㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jingmán
  - Wade–Giles: Ching¹-man²
  - Yale: Jīng-mán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingman
  - Palladius: Цзинмань (Czinmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ män³⁵/

Proper noun

荊蠻

(historical) Jingman, the indigenous people of the Yangtze River Delta prior to the establishment of the state of Wu
- 4th cent. BC, 《竹書紀年》 (Bamboo Annals), s.v. "周宣王" (Xuan King of Zhou):
  五年... 秋八月，方叔帥師伐荊蠻
  Year 5 [c. 820 BC]... Autumn, Month 8: "Uncle" Fang led a force to slaughter the Jingman.

Hypernyms

蠻／蛮 (mán), 南蠻／南蛮 (Nánmán)

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