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yānzhī

Main
English Definition	formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Simplified Script	阏氏
Traditional Script	閼氏
Pinyin	yānzhī
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄧㄢㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	jin¹zi¹

Word Decomposition
阏	yān	see 阏氏
氏	zhī	see 月氏 and 阏氏

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Words With Same Tail Word
月氏	yuèzhī	ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
大月氏	dàyuè zhī	the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏 people of central Asia during the Han dynasty

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