月氏
jyut6 zi1juk6 zi1Yuè zhī
English
- ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
- Yuezhi, an ancient people first described in Chinese histories as nomadic pastoralists living in an arid grassland area in the western part of the modern Chinese province of Gansu, during the 1st millennium BC
粵語 — Cantonese
- 公元前3世紀至公元1世紀一個民族名稱。早期以游牧為生，住喺北亞，並經常同匈奴發生衝突，其後西遷至中亞，慢慢發展成國家。由於位處於絲綢之路，控制東西貿易，令佢慢慢變得強大。後來俾匈奴攻擊，一分為二：西遷至伊犁嘅，被稱為大月氏；南遷至今日嘅中國甘肅、青海一帶嘅，被稱為小月氏。
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk