可可西里

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (可可西里)		可	可	西	里

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
ᠰᠢᠯ (köke sil, “blue ridge”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kěkěxīlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ho² sai¹ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kěkěxīlǐ [Phonetic: kékěxīlǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kěkěsilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo³-kʻo³-hsi¹-li³
    • Yale: Kě-kě-syī-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keekeeshilii
    • Palladius: Кэкэсили (Kɛkɛsili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² ho² sai¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: hó hó sāi léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² ho² sai¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² ho² sei¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

Proper noun

可可西里

1. Hoh Xil, an isolated region in the northwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau in China