List of historical Chinese ethnonyms and exonyms

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This is a list of historical Chinese ethnonyms and exonyms . It contains mainly Chinese terms, sorted alphabetically (according to the Pinyin spelling), but also non-Chinese entries from autochthonous peoples who originally or to this day living within today's borders of China, dynasties founded by non-Chinese peoples on Chinese soil with the names of their states (e.g. Chitan契丹 and Liao辽) and foreign states and peoples with which the Chinese dynasties had 'diplomatic relations' (e.g. Anxi 安息 / Parthia or Baekje百 济). For the national minorities in the People's Republic of China, see the overview in the article Peoples of China .

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  • Qiang羌 (general name for the Tangut people)
  • Qibi契 苾 (Turkic people, Tang Dynasty )
  • Qidan契丹 (Chinese name for the Chitan )
  • Qiemo且末 (City-State on the Silk Road )
  • Qiuci龜茲 (City-State on the Silk Road)
  • Qule渠 勒 (City-State on the Silk Road)
  • Quli渠 犁 (City-State on the Silk Road)

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  • Yalu啞 魯 (Chinese name for Aru in Sumatra)
  • Yanqi焉耆 (City-State on the Silk Road )
  • Yarkant , see Shache莎車
  • Yarkhoto , see Cheshi車 師
  • Yeda嚈 噠, see Hephthalites
  • Yengisar , see Wulei烏 壘
  • Yi夷 (general term for eastern barbarians, later for barbarians in general and especially for those arriving by sea)
  • Yili Bali亦 力 八里 (Ili Balik, Ili Baliq, Ilibalik, Ilibaliq, Turkish state in what is now Xinjiang)
  • Yili Basin 伊犁 盆地 (Ili)
  • Yilou挹 婁 (Tungus people in northeast China)
  • Yue越 (old state on the territory of today's Zhejiang, Zhou dynasty )
  • Yue越, Bai Yue百越 or 百 粵 / 百 粤 "Hundred Yue" (locals in southern China)
  • Yuezhi月氏 (Tocharians, Indo-European people in western China)
  • Yumi扜 彌 (City-State on the Silk Road)
  • Yutian于闐 (City-State on the Silk Road)

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