通古斯

Tōnggǔsī
Tungus

CEDICT

  1. (～河) any of the three rivers, the Lower (Nizhnyaya) Tunguska, the Stony (Podkamennaya) Tunguska, and the Upper (Verkhnyaya) Tunguska, all tributaries of the Yenisei River, Russia
  2. Tungusic
  3. any of the three rivers, the Lower (Nizhnyaya) Tunguska, the Stony (Podkamennaya) Tunguska, and the Upper (Verkhnyaya) Tunguska, all tributaries of the Yenisei River, Russia

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 通 tōng
  1. to go through
  2. to know well
  3. (suffix) expert
  4. to connect
  5. to communicate
  6. open
  7. to clear
  8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
=1 通 tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
2 古 gǔ
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. paleo-
3 斯 sī
  1. (phonetic)
  2. this