喀喇崑崙
Chinese
| black | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (喀喇崑崙) | 喀喇 | 崑崙 | |
| simp. (喀喇昆仑) | 喀喇 | 昆仑 | |
Etymology
Likely a phono-semantic matching from a Turkic language.
Compare the partially-related name 哈拉和林 (Hālāhélín).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Kālākūnlún
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kalakunlún
- Wade–Giles: Kʻa1-la1-kʻun1-lun2
- Yale: Kā-lā-kwūn-lwún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kalhakuenluen
- Palladius: Калакуньлунь (Kalakunʹlunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Kàlǎkūnlún
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kàlǎkunlún
- Wade–Giles: Kʻa4-la3-kʻun1-lun2
- Yale: Kà-lǎ-kwūn-lwún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kahlaakuenluen
- Palladius: Калакуньлунь (Kalakunʹlunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰä⁵¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
喀喇崑崙
- (～山脈) Karakoram (large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China)
- (～山口) Karakoram Pass