回纥

回紇

Huíhé

proper noun

Meanings

1 Huihe (also Uyghur Khaganate); ancient Turkic people of Central Asia, ancestors of the modern Uyghurs

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Examples

HSK 7-9

唐朝时期，回纥与中原王朝关系密切。

Tángcháo shíqī, Huíhé yǔ Zhōngyuán wángcháo guānxì mìqiè.

During the Tang dynasty, the Huihe maintained close ties with the Central Plains court.

HSK 7-9

回纥曾帮助唐朝平定安史之乱。

Huíhé céng bāngzhù Tángcháo píngdìng Ān Shǐ zhī Luàn.

The Huihe once helped the Tang dynasty put down the An Lushan Rebellion.

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history

Founded a steppe khaganate in 744 CE that lasted about a century, allied with Tang China against the Tibetan Empire and the An Lushan rebels. Later renamed themselves 回鹘 (Huíhú); migrated to the Tarim Basin after their khaganate collapsed in 840 CE, where they form the ethnic core of today's 维吾尔族 Uyghurs and 裕固族 Yugurs.

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回 huí

纥 gē