赤塔

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	pagoda; tower
trad. (赤塔)		赤	塔
simp. #(赤塔)		赤	塔

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Russian Чита́ f inan (Čitá, “Chita”), from Tungusic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìtǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄊㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ taap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìtǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhtǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-tʻa³
    • Yale: Chr̀-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhtaa
    • Palladius: Чита (Čita)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ taap³
    • Yale: chek taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tʰaːp̚³/

Proper noun

赤塔

1. Chita (a city, the administrative centre of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia)