圖博

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (圖博)		圖	博
simp. (图博)		图	博

Etymology

From English Tibet. See the entry for detailed etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Túbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ bok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-pok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tô͘-phok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Túbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Túbó
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻu²-po²
    • Yale: Tú-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Twubor
    • Palladius: Тубо (Tubo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ bok³
    • Yale: tòuh bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ pɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-pok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˇ bog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu² bog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ pok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tô͘-phok
    • Tâi-lô: Tôo-phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dophog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ pʰɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

圖博

1. Tibet (cultural area)

Usage notes

This term is mainly used by Tibetan independence supporters.

Synonyms

• (older names) 蕃 (fán), 土蕃 (Tǔbō, Tǔfán), 吐蕃 (Tǔbō, Tǔfán)
• (Tibet (cultural area)): 西藏 (Xīzàng) (may also refer to the Autonomous Region), 藏區／藏区 (Zàngqū), 藏地 (Zàngdì)