荊蠻

Chinese

		thorn(y) Chu	southern barbarian
trad. (荊蠻)		荊	蠻
simp. (荆蛮)		荆	蛮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīngmán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄇㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngmán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jingmán
    • Wade–Giles: Ching¹-man²
    • Yale: Jīng-mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingman
    • Palladius: Цзинмань (Czinmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ män³⁵/

Proper noun

荊蠻

1. (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.

Hypernyms

• 蠻／蛮 (mán), 南蠻／南蛮 (Nánmán)