五胡

Chinese

		five	barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (五胡)		五	胡
simp. #(五胡)		五	胡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhú
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-hu²
    • Yale: Wǔ-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwu
    • Palladius: Уху (Uxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Yale: ńgh wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹/

Proper noun

五胡

1. the Five Barbarians (the ethnic groups Xiongnu (匈奴), Xianbei (鮮卑), Di (氐), Qiang (羌), Jie (羯), regarded as barbarians by the Chinese)

Derived terms

• 五胡亂華／五胡乱华 (Wǔhúluànhuá)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
五	胡

Proper noun

五胡 • (Oho) (hangeul 오호)

1. Hanja form^? of 오호 (“(historical) the Five Barbarians”).