狄鞮
Chinese
editbarbarians; name of a tribe | surname; leather shoes | ||
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trad. (狄鞮) | 狄 | 鞮 | |
simp. #(狄鞮) | 狄 | 鞮 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄉㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dídi
- Wade–Giles: ti2-ti1
- Yale: dí-dī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyidi
- Palladius: диди (didi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti³⁵ ti⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: dek tej
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ teː/
Noun
edit狄鞮
- (historical) government official in charge of translating from and into the speech of non-Chinese ethnic groups in China's west (Di)
- 達其志,通其欲:東方曰寄,南方曰象,西方曰狄鞮,北方曰譯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Dá qí zhì, tōng qí yù: dōngfāng yuē jì, nánfāng yuē xiàng, xīfāng yuē dídī, běifāng yuē yì. [Pinyin]
- To make what was in their minds apprehended, and to communicate their likings and desires, (there were officers) - in the east, called transmitters; in the south, representationists; in the west, Di-dis; and in the north, interpreters.
达其志,通其欲:东方曰寄,南方曰象,西方曰狄鞮,北方曰译。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]