五ご胡こ

noun

Wu Hu; Five Barbarians

Historical term for five non-Han tribes that migrated into northern China during the 4th–6th centuries CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, and Qiang. Used primarily in discussions of Chinese history.

• 五ご胡こ十じゅう六ろっ国こく時じ代だいは、中ちゅう国ごく史しの中なかでも特とくに混こん乱らんした時じ期きの一ひとつです。

  The Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Five Barbarians is one of the most chaotic periods in Chinese history.