狄てき

noun

Di people; northern non-Chinese tribes

Historical term used in Zhou dynasty China for non-ethnic Chinese peoples to the north. Often appears in compounds like 北狄.

See also: 北狄

• 周しゅう王おう朝ちょうは北ほく狄てきを異い民みん族ぞくとして記き録ろくした。

  The Zhou dynasty recorded the northern Di as a different ethnic group.

• 「狄てき」は古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで北ほっ方ぽうの異い民みん族ぞくを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  In ancient China, '狄' was a term for northern non-Chinese peoples.