单词 | miaotse |
释义 | Miaotsen.adj. Now rare. A. n. = Miao n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Chinese peoples > [noun] Manchu1697 Lolo1736 Miaotse1810 Tanka1839 Hakka1854 Tungan1875 Miao1882 Yao1883 Yüeh1901 Mien1902 1810 S. Weston tr. Chien Lung (title) The conquest of the Miao-tse. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese I. vii. 287 The Chinese law prohibits all marriages between subjects and foreigners, and even forbids any alliances between the unsubdued mountaineers, called Meaou-tse,..and its own people in the neighbouring plains. 1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom I. iii. 147 The unsubdued Miautsz'..occupy the north-east portion of the [Western] province, in the mountain fastnesses between it and Kweichau. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 223/2 In figure the Miautse, both men and women, are shorter and darker-complexioned than the Chinese. 1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 4/2 Miao-chia,..or Miaotzu..is the name given by Chinese to tribes calling themselves Mhong, whose head-quarters are in Kueichou, but who are also found in south Yünnan, Ssûchʽuan and Hunan. 1932 Man 32 288/2 It has long been known that Couvade was practised by the Miao-tse. B. adj. Designating or relating to the Miao or their languages. Cf. Miao adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Chinese peoples > [adjective] Miao1834 Yao1834 Miaotse1885 Tungan1927 Mien1992 1885 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 48 14 It was very mountainous, and was mainly inhabited by Miao-toze tribes. 1897 Fortn. Rev. July 104 Like the Chinese, Annamese, Shan, Miao-tsze, Yao, and Burmese languages, it is monosyllabic and tonal. 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 421 The Miaotse or Mautzy group, probably related to Tai. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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