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Yue

noun
1.
The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.  Synonyms: Cantonese, Cantonese dialect, Yue dialect.





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... of the Hunnish chiefs could not be pronounced by a Turk; and, according to the same author, the Hioung-nou, which is explained in Chinese as detestable slaves, as early as the year 91 J. C., were dispersed by the Chinese, and assumed the name of Yue-po or Yue-pan. M. St. Martin does not consider it impossible that the appellation of Hioung-nou may have belonged to the Huns. But all agree in considering the Madjar or Magyar of modern Hungary the descendants of the Huns. Their language (compare Gibbon, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon
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... for long a bone of contention between Ts'i and Ts'u, and afterwards Wu; and the name "Hwai savages" proves that the Lower Hwai Valley was also independent. The Hwai savages, who appear in the Tribute of Yue, founder of the Hia dynasty, 2205 B.C., revolted 1000 years later against the founders of the Chou dynasty. They were present at Ts'u's first durbar in 538 B.C., and are mentioned as barbarians still resisting Chinese ...
— Ancient China Simplified • Edward Harper Parker
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Words linked to "Yue" :   Chinese, Yue dialect, Cantonese dialect, Cantonese


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