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匈奴

匈奴

Chinese

		Hungary; thorax; chest	slave
simp. and trad. (匈奴)		匈	奴

Proper noun

匈奴

Xiongnu (a confederation of Central Asian tribes who lived on the steppes north of China during ancient times)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Xiōngnú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄋㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ nou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Hiong-lô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiōngnú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄋㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiongnu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ nu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ nou⁴
  - Yale: hūng nòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ nou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ nou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Hiong-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongloo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ²³/