蠻夷

See also: 蛮夷

Chinese

		barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
trad. (蠻夷)		蠻	夷
simp. (蛮夷)		蛮	夷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mányí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mányí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mányí
  - Wade–Giles: man²-i²
  - Yale: mán-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manyi
  - Palladius: маньи (manʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁴ ji⁴
  - Yale: màahn yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Noun

蠻夷

(historical, derogatory) non-Han ethnic groups living in modern-day southern and eastern China
- 若夫譁囂之美，楚雖蠻夷，不能寶也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  若夫哗嚣之美，楚虽蛮夷，不能宝也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE
  Ruòfú wáxiāo zhī měi, Chǔ suī mányí, bù néng bǎo yě. [Pinyin]
  As for beauty of the clattering kind — we the Chu, barbarians as we are, know better than to treasure it.
- 熊渠曰：「我蠻夷也，不與中國之號謚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  熊渠曰：「我蛮夷也，不与中国之号谥。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Xióng Qú yuē: “Wǒ mányí yě, bù yù zhōngguó zhī hào shì.” [Pinyin]
  Xiong Qu said, "I am a so-called manyi and I don't follow the Middle Nations' way of posthumous naming."

Derived terms

蠻夷戎狄／蛮夷戎狄 (mányí róngdí)

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