象泉河

Chinese

		shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	fountain; spring	river
trad. (象泉河)		象	泉	河
simp. #(象泉河)		象	泉	河
Literally: “Elephant Fountain River”.

Etymology

Calque of Tibetan གླང་ཆེན་གཙང་པོ (glang chen gtsang po).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàngquánhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ cyun⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàngquánhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàngcyuánhé
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiang⁴-chʻüan²-ho²
    • Yale: Syàng-chywán-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianqchyuanher
    • Palladius: Сянцюаньхэ (Sjancjuanʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ cyun⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: jeuhng chyùhn hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ tsyn⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ qun⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Proper noun

象泉河

1. Langqên Zangbo (the upper course of the Sutlej River in Ngari, Tibet, China)

See also

• 獅泉河／狮泉河 (Shīquánhé)