Meanings of yüeh in English

This latter seems to be connected with the Yüeh tribes.

He had been sent in 138 to conclude an alliance with the Yüeh-chih against the Hsiung-nu.

The following particulars are given concerning the President of the Ministry, whose name was Lü Yüeh.

They began with the Canton insurrection; then Peking was alarmed by Wu Yüeh's bomb (1905).

Even the barbarian Kou-tsien, King of Yüeh, has wise saws and modern instances quoted to him in his distress.

Formerly, a king of Yüeh-she raised a large force and invaded this country, wishing to carry the bowl away.

"KING" OF YÜEH (barbarian, but with legendary descent from ultra-remote imperial Chinese).

The Ephtalites (Yeh-ta, Haytal) were a mixed group which contained elements of the old Yüeh-chih and spoke an Indo-European language.

The allusion to Indo-Europeans refers to the studies by G. Haloun and others concerning the Ta-Hsia, the later Yüeh-chih, and the Tocharian problem.

Moreover, the barbarian states of Wu and Yüeh each in turn acted very effectively as Protector, and are never included in the Five-Great-Power series.