衛拉特

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (衛拉特/衞拉特)		衛/衞	拉	特
simp. (卫拉特)		卫	拉	特

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠣᡳᡵᠠᡨ (oirat), from Written Oirat ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ (oyirad).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wèilātè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄚ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ laai¹ dak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wèilātè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄚ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wèilatè
    • Wade–Giles: Wei⁴-la¹-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: Wèi-lā-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weylhateh
    • Palladius: Вэйлатэ (Vɛjlatɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ laai¹ dak⁶
    • Yale: waih lāai dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ laai¹ dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ lai¹ deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² laːi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/

Proper noun

衛拉特

1. (historical) (～部) Oirats

Alternative forms

• 瓦剌 (Wǎlā) (Ming dynasty)

Derived terms

• 四衛拉特 / 四卫拉特 (Sì Wèilātè, “the Four Oirats”)