DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

吐谷渾

简吐谷浑 · 繁吐谷渾

Mandarin · pinyin Tǔ yù hún

Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑 Xiān bēi
a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
谷: gǔ · valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
渾: Look up this written character
浑: hún · muddy, turbid; blend, merge, mix

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–4–2 · Tu3 yu4 hun2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

吐谷渾 · find source passages ↗ · 吐谷浑 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dat6 juk6 wan4

Cantonese word readings for 吐谷渾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

(historical) Tuyuhun (A powerful Mongolic kingdom established by nomadic tribes related to the Xianbei in the Qilian Mountains and upper Yellow River valley.)

noun

(historical) the people of the Tuyuhun kingdom, who spoke the Tuyuhun language

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack