獅泉河

獅泉河

Chinese

		lion	fountain; spring	river
trad. (獅泉河)		獅	泉	河
simp. (狮泉河)		狮	泉	河
Literally: “Lion Fountain River”.

Etymology

Calque of Tibetan སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ (seng ge kha 'bab).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīquánhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ cyun⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shīquánhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shychyuanher
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihcyuánhé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ cyun⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: sī chyùhn hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsyn⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ qun⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Proper noun

獅泉河

1. Sênggê Zangbo (the upper course of the Indus River in Ngari, Tibet, China)
2. (～鎮) Shiquanhe (a town in Gar, Ngari prefecture, Tibet, China)

See also

• 象泉河 (Xiàngquánhé)