喜馬拉雅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喜馬拉雅)		喜	馬	拉	雅
simp. (喜马拉雅)		喜	马	拉	雅
alternative forms		喜瑪拉雅／喜玛拉雅

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xǐmǎlāyǎ, Xīmǎlāyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² maa⁵ laai¹ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xǐmǎlāyǎ [Phonetic: xímǎlāyǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sǐmǎlayǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi³-ma³-la¹-ya³
    • Yale: Syǐ-mǎ-lā-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiimaalhayea
    • Palladius: Сималая (Simalaja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common colloquial variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmǎlāyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simǎlayǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-ma³-la¹-ya³
    • Yale: Syī-mǎ-lā-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimaalhayea
    • Palladius: Сималая (Simalaja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² maa⁵ laai¹ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: héi máh lāai ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² maa⁵ laai¹ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² ma⁵ lai¹ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

Proper noun

喜馬拉雅

1. (～山, ～山脈) Himalayas (mountain range)

Derived terms

• 喜馬拉雅山 / 喜马拉雅山
• 喜馬拉雅山脈 / 喜马拉雅山脉
• 喜馬拉雅鹽 / 喜马拉雅盐