Jie
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Jie
- /d͡ʒjɛ/
Rhymes with -ɛ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.
noun Chieh
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An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
Similar: Kjet
proper noun Chieh
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The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.
Similar: Kjet
Translations
Talk about this word "Jie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jie "Jie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jie.Cite this
@misc{jie_2026,
title = {Jie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
