Yüeh

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Yüeh is an alternative romanization of "Yue," a term historically associated with various ancient peoples and regions in southern China and their related languages and cultures.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yue 2
Yue (historical term) 1
Yue (state) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alternative romanization
alternativeFormOf Yue
associatedWith Yue culture
Yue languages
ancient Baiyue peoples
southern Chinese cultural regions
contrastsWith modern pinyin form "Yue"
denotes ancient southern Chinese polities
ethnolinguistic groups in southern China
fieldOfUse Chinese history
East Asian studies
linked to: Oriental studies

historical linguistics
historicalUsage older Western scholarship on China
sinology literature
indicatesPronunciationFeature front rounded vowel /y/ in some older romanization conventions
languageOfOrigin Chinese
refersTo Yue (historical term)
linked to: Yüeh
romanizationSystem non-standard Wade–Giles-like form
romanizes Chinese term 粵 / 越 (Yue)
spellingVariantOf Yüeh (with diaeresis) vs Yue (without diaeresis)
timePeriodOfCommonUse late 19th to mid 20th century Western texts
usedFor ancient peoples of southern China
cultures of southern China
languages of southern China
regions in southern China
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yue hasVariantForm Yüeh
Fan Li placeOfActivity Yue
linked to: Yüeh
Shaoxing historicalRegion Yue
linked to: Yüeh
Yüeh refersTo Yue (historical term)
linked to: Yüeh
King of Yue country Yue (state)
linked to: Yüeh