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- Mandarin · borrowed from單于
- English todaychanyu
Borrowed from Mandarin 單于 (chányú); ultimately from Xiongnu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chanyu
Today it means: A supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu. Full definition →
Mandarin 單于