衛藏

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (衛藏/衞藏)		衛/衞	藏
simp. (卫藏)		卫	藏

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang). Doublet of 烏思藏／乌思藏 (Wūsīzàng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wèizàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wei⁶ zong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wèizàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wèizàng
    • Wade–Giles: Wei⁴-tsang⁴
    • Yale: Wèi-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weytzanq
    • Palladius: Вэйцзан (Vɛjczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wei⁶ zong⁶
    • Yale: weih johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wei⁶ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wéi⁶ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wei̯²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Proper noun

衛藏

1. (used since the Qing dynasty) Ü-Tsang