manchu

1. 1.

   a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century

   BroaderTungusic
2. 2.

   the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

   SynonymsQingQing dynastyCh'ingCh'ing dynastyManchu dynasty

   Broaderdynasty
3. 3.

   the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu

   BroaderTungusic

Other forms of manchu

plural

manchus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about manchu

What does manchu mean?

manchu means "a member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in manchu?

manchu has 2 syllables: man-chu. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmæntʃu/.

What is another word for manchu?

Close synonyms include Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manchu a common word?

manchu is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.