那曲

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (那曲)		那	曲

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ནག་ཆུ (nag chu, “black river”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nàqǔ, Nàqū

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ, ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ kuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nàqǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nàcyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Na⁴-chʻü³
  - Yale: Nà-chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nahcheu
  - Palladius: Нацюй (Nacjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nàqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nàcyu
  - Wade–Giles: Na⁴-chʻü¹
  - Yale: Nà-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nahchiu
  - Palladius: Нацюй (Nacjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naa⁵ kuk¹
  - Yale: náh kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ kuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ kug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ kʰʊk̚⁵/

Proper noun

那曲

Black River (a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the name for the upper reaches of the Salween)
(～市, formerly ～地區) Nagqu (a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
(historical) (～縣) Nagqu (a former county of Nagqu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; now Seni district, Nagqu)
(～鎮) Nagqu (a town in Seni district, Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)