Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 月氏?
月氏(zhī)yuè zhī
Commonly said as: reading 氏 as shì
月支
月氏
What it is
The Yuezhi were a Western Regions people, the destination of Zhang Qian's mission.
Why it gets said wrong
氏 is zhī in this ethnonym rather than shì, a point tested often in history classes.
Hear it in a sentence
Zhang Qian was sent to the Yuezhi.
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