Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞、專名
前4世紀至5世紀喺中歐亞大陸存在嘅游牧民族、以及以佢地為核心所興起嘅游牧國家,其後分裂為南、北匈奴;統治領域約略喺現今嘅蒙古國、西伯利亞南部、中亞同中國北部地區 The Xiongnu; the Asiatic Huns (a confederation of nomadic peoples in ancient Central Eurasia)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
name, historical
Xiongnu (ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty) (syn.) 獫狁, 𤞤狁, 葷粥, 猃狁, 鬼方, 玁狁, 獯鬻, 荤粥
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
匈奴以为咱们是要引他们过来,一定不敢打咱们。
匈奴以為咱們是要引他們過來,一定不敢打咱們。
xiōng nú yǐ wèi zán men shì yào yǐn tā men guò lái , yī dìng bù gǎn dǎ zán men .
The Xiongnu think we wanted to entice them to come; they won't dare attack us.