Youxia

Youxia
Traditional Chinese遊俠
Simplified Chinese游侠
Literal meaningwandering vigilante
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinyóuxiá
Wade–Gilesyu2-hsia2
IPA[jǒʊɕjǎ]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjau4 hap6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJiû-kiap

Youxia (Chinese: 遊俠) was a type of ancient Chinese warrior folk hero celebrated in classical Chinese poetry and fictional literature. It literally means "wandering vigilante", but is commonly translated as "knight-errant" or less commonly as "cavalier", "adventurer", "soldier of fortune" or "underworld stalwart".[1]

  1. ^ Liu, James J. Y. The Chinese Knight Errant. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967, p. xii.