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Yuezhi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈjuˌdʒi/ anglicized
  • anglicized
  • closer to Chinese
  • yüĕ′jœ′

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”).

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 月氏 (yuèzhī) — ancient Indo-European people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 月支 (yuèzhī) — ancient Indo-European people
  • Finnish: yuezhit — ancient Indo-European people
  • Finnish: yuezhi-kansa — ancient Indo-European people
  • Japanese: 月氏 (Gesshi) — ancient Indo-European people
  • Korean: 월지 (Wolji) — ancient Indo-European people
  • Vietnamese: Nguyệt Chi — ancient Indo-European people
Real reading context

Yuezhi in complete knowledge articles

Kushan Empire History & culture · Advanced · 20 uses