月氏

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (月氏)		月	氏
alternative forms		月支

Etymology

Aydemir (2019) reconstructs underlying ethnonym *Arki ~ *Yarki, which he proposes to be etymologically Indo-European and also underlies Mandarin 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”) and various other transcriptions (Chinese and non-Chinese) and Tocharian A arśi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèzhī, ròuzhī, rùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄓ, ㄖㄡˋ ㄓ, ㄖㄨˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ zi¹ / juk⁶ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèjhih
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: ywè-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehjy
    • Palladius: юэчжи (juečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròuzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròujhih
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: ròu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjy
    • Palladius: жоучжи (žoučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: rù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhjy
    • Palladius: жучжи (žučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ zi¹ / juk⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: yuht jī / yuhk jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ dzi¹ / juk⁹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ji¹ / yug⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵/, /jʊk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Note: juk6 zi1 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwot tsye

Rime
Character	月	氏
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	月 (68)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚厥切	章移切
Baxter	ngjwot	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐt̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐt̚/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuat̚/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐt̚/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋod  kje/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	月	氏
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	16319	11515
Phonetic component	月	氏
Rime group	月	支
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	月	支
Old Chinese	/*ŋod/	/*kje/
Notes		月氏

Noun

月氏

1. Yuezhi (ancient people in western China)

Usage notes

Thierry (2005) considers the reading Ròuzhī "thoroughly wrong".

Derived terms

• 大月氏
• 小月氏