Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 龟兹?
龟(qiū)兹(cí)qiū cí
Commonly said as: reading it guī zī
丘词
龟兹
What it is
Qiuci was an ancient kingdom of the Western Regions, near today's Kuqa in Xinjiang.
Why it gets said wrong
Both characters take special readings transliterated from the local language: qiū and cí.
Hear it in a sentence
The Qiuci cave murals are well preserved.
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