喜馬拉雅
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (喜馬拉雅) | 喜 | 馬 | 拉 | 雅 | |
| simp. (喜马拉雅) | 喜 | 马 | 拉 | 雅 | |
| alternative forms | 喜瑪拉雅／喜玛拉雅 | ||||
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sǐmǎlayǎ
- Wade–Giles: Hsi3-ma3-la1-ya3
- Yale: Syǐ-mǎ-lā-yǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiimaalhayea
- Palladius: Сималая (Simalaja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common colloquial variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Simǎlayǎ
- Wade–Giles: Hsi1-ma3-la1-ya3
- Yale: Syī-mǎ-lā-yǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimaalhayea
- Palladius: Сималая (Simalaja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 maa5 laai1 ngaa5
- Yale: héi máh lāai ngáh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 maa5 laai1 ngaa5
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 ma5 lai1 nga5
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
喜馬拉雅