香格里拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (香格里拉)		香	格	里	拉
simp. #(香格里拉)		香	格	里	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from English Shangri-La; compare 香巴拉 (Xiāngbālā, “Shambala”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiānggélǐlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gaak³ lei⁵ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānggélǐlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sianggélǐla
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-ko²-li³-la¹
    • Yale: Syāng-gé-lǐ-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggerliilha
    • Palladius: Сянгэлила (Sjangɛlila)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ gaak³ lei⁵ laai¹
    • Yale: hēung gaak léih lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gaak⁸ lei⁵ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gag³ léi⁵ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

香格里拉

1. Shangri-La
2. (～市) Shangri-La City (a county-level city in Diqing prefecture, Yunnan, China)
3. (～鎮) Xianggelila (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)

Synonyms

• (county-level city in Yunnan): (old name) 中甸 (Zhōngdiàn)