喀喇崑崙

Chinese

		black	Kunlun Mountains
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

  (Pinyin): Kālākūnlún, Kàlǎkūnlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄎㄚˋ ㄌㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

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• 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/

Proper noun

喀喇崑崙

1. (～山脈) Karakoram (large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China)
2. (～山口) Karakoram Pass