大吉嶺
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Chinese
| very auspicious; extremely lucky | mountain range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大吉嶺) | 大吉 | 嶺 | |
| simp. (大吉岭) | 大吉 | 岭 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English Darjeeling, from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjílǐng
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-chi2-ling3
- Yale: Dà-jí-lǐng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjyiliing
- Palladius: Дацзилин (Daczilin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 gat1 ling5
- Yale: daaih gāt líhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 gat7 ling5
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 ged1 ling5
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɪŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
大吉嶺