English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 單于 (chányú); ultimately from Xiongnu.
Noun
chanyu (plural chanyu or chanyus)
- (historical) A supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu.
- Synonym: shanyu
Translations
Translations
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 單于 (sim4 jyu4)
- Hokkien: 單于 (siân-û)
- Mandarin: 單于 (zh) (chányú)
- Finnish: chanyu
- French: chanyu m
- German: Chanyu m
- Japanese: 単于 (ja) (zen'u)
- Korean: 선우 (seonu)
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- Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see dowódca (pl) m
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- Russian: шанью́й m (šanʹjúj)
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- Vietnamese: thiền vu
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