The story
- Mandarin · derived from月氏
- English todayRouzhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏, from the theory that 月 was a misspelling of 肉 (ròu) (as in seal script), now largely deprecated based on the modern archaeological discoveries.
Words from the same roots
Mandarin月氏 all →
Yuezhi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.