Manchu
Americannoun
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a member of a Tungusic people of Manchuria who conquered China in the 17th century and established a dynasty there (Manchu dynasty, or Ch'ing dynasty 1644–1912).
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a Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu.
adjective
noun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of Manchuria who conquered China in the 17th century, establishing an imperial dynasty that lasted until 1912
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the language of this people, belonging to the Tungusic branch of the Altaic family
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Manchu
from Manchu, literally: pure
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Key artefacts include a letter from Mongolia's first prime minister declaring independence from China's Manchu dynasty, currently held at the British Library in London, the Mongolian government said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
In that year, Manchu tribespeople from the north overcame China’s defenses and took over the empire as the Qing dynasty.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
He took pride in being a descendant of the Manchu, the ethnic group that ruled China as the Qing dynasty from 1644 to 1912.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Ma praised Sun, who advocated for a modern Chinese nation and the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
His expression—and my word for it came straight out of a French edition of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu books—was inscrutable.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
The succession of dynastic governments that ruled over China’s heartland were sometimes ethnically Han, and sometimes northerners—Mongols and Manchus especially—who ruled empires now referred to as “Chinese.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
The next rulers of China were the Manchus.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In 1616, as the Ming dynasty began to collapse, the Manchus attacked Chinese settlements on the Liaodong Peninsula.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“So many questions. For instance, you wear the queue. I’ve read that it is a badge of slavery imposed by conquest by the Manchus on the Southern Chinese.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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