Manchu
noun
Man·chu
ˈman-(ˌ)chü 
man-ˈ
plural Manchu or Manchus
1
: a member of an indigenous people of Manchuria who conquered China and established a dynasty there in 1644
2
: the Tungusic language of the Manchu people
Manchu
adjective
Examples of Manchu in a Sentence
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In 1912, the British novelist Sax Rohmer, a white man, invented a character who epitomized the West’s fears and fantasies about the Orient: Dr. Fu Manchu.
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WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
She was born in Beijing into the family of a Manchu prince who, after the violent 1911 collapse of the Qing Dynasty, sent her to be raised by his friend, a Japanese ultranationalist in Tokyo, who changed her name from Dongzhen.
—Scott Martelle, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
Certain Manchu customs were indeed imposed on the Han.
—Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
But the Manchu elite gradually absorbed Han culture.
—Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022
The historical drama takes place during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Nov. 2021
WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
She was born in Beijing into the family of a Manchu prince who, after the violent 1911 collapse of the Qing Dynasty, sent her to be raised by his friend, a Japanese ultranationalist in Tokyo, who changed her name from Dongzhen.
—Scott Martelle, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
Certain Manchu customs were indeed imposed on the Han.
—Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
But the Manchu elite gradually absorbed Han culture.
—Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022
The historical drama takes place during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Nov. 2021
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Manchu
noun
Man·chu
ˈman-chü
man-ˈchü
1
: a member of the native people of Manchuria who conquered China in 1644
2
: the language of the Manchu people
Manchu
adjective
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