莫徭

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	compulsory service
trad. (莫徭)		莫	徭
simp. #(莫徭)		莫	徭

Etymology

The Book of Sui explains the word as being composed of 莫 (mò, “not; no one”) and 徭 (yáo, “corvée”), i.e. the people were so named because they were not subject to corvée.

長沙郡又雜有夷蜒，名曰莫徭，自云其先祖有功，常免徭役，故以為名。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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长沙郡又杂有夷蜒，名曰莫徭，自云其先祖有功，常免徭役，故以为名。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE

Chángshā jùn yòu zá yǒu yí dàn, míng yuē mòyáo, zì yún qí xiānzǔ yǒugōng, cháng miǎn yáoyì, gù yǐwéi míng. [Pinyin]

In the commandery of Changsha there also existed a barbarian people called Moyao. They claimed that their ancestors had rendered meritorious service and were always exempt from corvée, thus taking it as their name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòyáo
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-yao²
    • Yale: Mwò-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohyau
    • Palladius: Мояо (Mojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Proper noun

莫徭

1. (historical) an ancient people in southern China that inhabited present-day Hunan

   • 歲云暮矣多北風，瀟湘洞庭白雪中。漁父天寒網罟凍，莫徭射雁鳴桑弓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岁云暮矣多北风，潇湘洞庭白雪中。渔父天寒网罟冻，莫徭射雁鸣桑弓。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Du Fu, 歲晏行

     Suì yún mù yǐ duō běifēng, xiāoxiāng dòngtíng báixuě zhōng. Yúfù tiān hán wǎnggǔ dòng, mòyáo shè yàn míng sānggōng. [Pinyin]

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