| Noun | 1. | Manchu - a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th centuryTungusic - any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family | |
| 2. | Manchu - the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchudynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | |
| 3. | Manchu - the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu people | |