夷狄

Chinese

		safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian	barbarians; name of a tribe
simp. and trad. (夷狄)		夷	狄

Etymology

From archaic references to tribes that were not considered Chinese, but were physically located close to the Middle Kingdom; from 夷 (“eastern tribes”) + 狄 (“northern tribes”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yídí

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄉㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ dik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yídí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄉㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yidyi
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ti³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ dik⁶
  - Yale: yìh dihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ dik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ dig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ tɪk̚²/

Noun

夷狄

(historical, archaic) non-Han tribes to the east and north of ancient China
(literary) barbarians

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