Jie

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

//d͡ʒjɛ//

An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

noun

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historicalAn ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

proper noun

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historicalThe language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.

Ji · A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.Jia · A surname.Jiang · A surname from Mandarin.

Jie · An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

jiffy · A very short, unspecified length of time.jig · A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.Jig · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter J.

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