hu

hu — noun

1. a group of ancient Turkic-speaking tribes that lived in the region now known as

1.名詞
釋義

a group of ancient Turkic-speaking tribes that lived in the region now known as northwest China, linked to the larger Xiongnu (Hsiung-Nu) confederation and known from early Chinese historical records

例句

Archaeologists working in Gansu province uncovered bronze tools that belonged to the Hu tribes.

collocation: Hu tribes

The Hu people traded horses and furs with Chinese kingdoms along the Silk Road.

collocation: Hu people + historical trading context

同義詞
  • Xiongnu

    broader confederation; Hu are sometimes described as a subgroup of or relatives to the Xiongnu

  • Tatar

    wider Turkic-Mongol grouping; the Hu are called 'ancient Tatar' in older scholarship, though modern usage reserves 'Tatar' for later groups

文法句型

the Hu

Hu tribes / people

用法筆記

Used almost exclusively in historical or archaeological writing about pre-modern Central Asia. 'Hu' appears most often as part of the compound 'Hu tribes' or 'Hu people' and names a distinct group within the broader Xiongnu nomadic world.

常見錯誤

❌The Hu ruled China for centuries.
✅The Hu were a nomadic tribal group in ancient northwest China, not a ruling dynasty over China.
💡The Hu were one of many steppe peoples; they did not found a major Chinese dynasty.