荊蠻
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Chinese[edit]
thorn(y) Chu |
southern barbarian | ||
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trad. (荊蠻) | 荊 | 蠻 | |
simp. (荆蛮) | 荆 | 蛮 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄇㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jingmán
- Wade–Giles: Ching1-man2
- Yale: Jīng-mán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingman
- Palladius: Цзинмань (Czinmanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ män³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun[edit]
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.
- 4th cent. BC, 《竹書紀年》 (Bamboo Annals), s.v. "周宣王" (Xuan King of Zhou):