Meanings
alternative Yuechi · alternative Yueh-chih · alternative Yueh-chi
- pluralplural onlyAn 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.
Synonyms: Rouzhi
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 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.
Origin
- Mandarin月氏
- EnglishYuezhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”).
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Chinese Mandarin 月氏, 月支
- 月氏 (yuèzhī)ancient Indo-European people
- 月支 (yuèzhī)ancient Indo-European people
Finnish yuezhit, yuezhi-kansa
- yuezhitancient Indo-European people
- yuezhi-kansaancient Indo-European people
Japanese 月氏
- 月氏 (Gesshi)ancient Indo-European people
Korean 월지
- 월지 (Wolji)ancient Indo-European people
Vietnamese Nguyệt Chi
- Nguyệt Chiancient Indo-European people
Cite this entry
Yuezhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yuezhi
“Yuezhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yuezhi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yuezhi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yuezhi.
Source: Yuezhi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.