manchu

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.