Rouzhi

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月氏, from the theory that 月 was a misspelling of 肉 (ròu) (as in seal script), now largely deprecated based on the modern archaeological discoveries.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rō′jœ′
  • Hyphenation: Rou‧zhi

Noun

Rouzhi pl (plural only)

  1. The Yuezhi.

Translations

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