鐵嶺

See also: 铁岭

Chinese

		iron	mountain range
trad. (鐵嶺)		鐵	嶺
simp. (铁岭)		铁	岭

Etymology

Originally a Korean place name located in present-day Hamgyong and Gangwon provinces of North Korea. The city was moved from there to present-day Tieling to continue its function as a military fort after the territory was lost.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiělǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiělǐng [Phonetic: tiélǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiělǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻieh³-ling³
    • Yale: Tyě-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tieeliing
    • Palladius: Телин (Telin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

鐵嶺

1. (～市) Tieling (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)