Tribe pronounciation

[ratbadger]

Hi everyone

Im researching an ancient chinese tribe, and i want to know how to pronounce their name in simple english letters...Can someone tell me how to pronounce these two words please:

月氏, and 月支

Would appreciate as many responses as possible...because i keep finding different answers

Thanks

Peace out

[monto]

http://baike.baidu.com/view/190754.htm

[dsrguru]

月氏 ("moon clan") is transcribed as yuè shì in the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system. 月支 ("moon division" perhaps?) is yuè zhī. You won't be able to pronounce either phrase correctly if you aren't familiar with Hanyu Pinyin and Mandarin pronunciation in general. 月 sounds something like "yweh", 氏 sounds something like "sher" (with the 'r' pronounced as in American English), and 支 sounds something like "jer". You almost certainly won't be understood by a Chinese speaker, though, unless you were to use the proper tones.

[largerman]

月氏 should be read as yuè zhī, but only in this word.

月氏 is the name of a race on China's history.

[liuxf]

月 should be read as ru2(like 如).