tōng

technical
loanword

Meaning of 通古斯

通古斯 means Tungusic; Western scholars' term for certain ethnic groups belonging to the Altaic language family (including Manchu, Hezhe, Oroqen, Evenki, etc.). Pronounced tōng gǔ sī.

  • Tungusic; Western scholars' term for certain ethnic groups belonging to the Altaic language family (including Manchu, Hezhe, Oroqen, Evenki, etc.)

Definitions & Examples

Tōng
bāo
kuò
mǎn
 
zhé
děng
 

The Tungusic language family includes Manchu, Xibe, and Hezhe languages.

Xué
zhě
men
biàn
rèn
wéi
mǎn
rén
shǔ
tōng
mín
 

Scholars generally agree that the Manchu people belong to the Tungusic ethnic groups.

Tōng
rén
zhǔ
yào
fēn
zài
é
luó
yuǎn
dōng
 
zhōng
guó
dōng
běi
méng
 

Tungusic peoples are mainly distributed across the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and Mongolia.