騰格里
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (騰格里) | 騰 | 格 | 里 | |
| simp. (腾格里) | 腾 | 格 | 里 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri, “sky, heaven”). Doublet of 撐犁／撑犁 (chēnglí).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Ténggélǐ
- Wade–Giles: Tʻêng2-ko2-li3
- Yale: Téng-gé-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ternggerlii
- Palladius: Тэнгэли (Tɛngɛli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tang4 gaak3 lei5
- Yale: tàhng gaak léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tang4 gaak8 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: teng4 gag3 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
騰格里
- Tengri (the chief deity of various historic pagan peoples, including Turks and Mongolians)
- (～沙漠) Tengger Desert (a desert in China)