Yueh-chih

A form of Yuezhi — An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the arid grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin area, in what is today Xinjiang and western Gansu, in China, before migrating to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern South Asia, where one branch of the Yuezhi founded the Kushan Empire.

OriginMandarin 月氏 →
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Meanings

nounYueh-chih pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Yuezhi.

Origin

  1. Mandarin月支
  2. Mandarin月氏
  3. EnglishYueh-chih

From Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī) or Mandarin 月支 (Yuèzhī) Wade–Giles romanization: Yüeh⁴-chih¹.

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Yueh-chih. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yueh-chih

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