冬不拉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (冬不拉)		冬	不	拉
alternative forms		東不拉／东不拉 冬布拉 東布拉／东布拉

冬不拉

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh домбыра (dombyra).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dōngbùlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дунбула (dunbula, III-0-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ bat¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngbùlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongbùla
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-pu⁴-la¹
    • Yale: dūng-bù-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongbulha
    • Palladius: дунбула (dunbula)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дунбула (dunbula, III-0-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuŋ⁴⁴ pou⁰ la⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ bat¹ laai¹
    • Yale: dūng bāt lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ bat⁷ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ bed¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

冬不拉

1. (music) dombra; dombura (a Kazakh stringed instrument)