埃佛勒斯峰

Chinese

			peak; summit
trad. (埃佛勒斯峰)		埃佛勒斯	峰
simp. #(埃佛勒斯峰)		埃佛勒斯	峰

Etymology

Calque of English Mount Everest.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āifólèsī Fēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄈㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄈㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āifólèsī Fēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄈㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Aifólèsih Fong
    • Wade–Giles: Ai¹-fo²-lê⁴-ssŭ¹ Fêng¹
    • Yale: Āi-fwó-lè-sz̄ Fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aiforlehsy Feng
    • Palladius: Айфолэсы Фэн (Ajfolɛsy Fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

埃佛勒斯峰

1. (obsolete) Mount Everest

Usage notes

Now occasionally used in translated texts.

Synonyms

• 珠穆朗瑪峰／珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng)