鮮卑

鮮卑

See also: 鲜卑

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
trad. (鮮卑)		鮮	卑
simp. (鲜卑)		鲜	卑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiānbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ bei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Siên-pî
• Min Nan (POJ): Sian-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Xiānbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianbei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ bei¹
    • Yale: sīn bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ béi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Siên-pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ bi¹
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-pi
    • Tâi-lô: Sian-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienpy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/

Proper noun

鮮卑

1. (historical) Xianbei (group of northern nomadic peoples)
2. A surname​.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鮮	卑
せん Grade: S	ひ > ぴ Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

鮮卑 (hiragana せんぴ, rōmaji Senpi)

1. Xianbei (group of northern nomadic peoples)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
鮮	卑

Proper noun

鮮卑 • (Seonbi) (hangeul 선비)

1. Xianbei (group of northern nomadic peoples)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
鮮	卑

Proper noun

鮮卑

1. Hán tự form of Tiên Ti (“Xianbei (group of northern nomadic peoples)”).