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

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• 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

1. (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)