柴達木

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (柴達木)		柴	達	木
simp. (柴达木)		柴	达	木

Etymology

From Tibetan ཚྭའི་འདམ (tshwa'i 'dam), from ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”) + འི ('i, “possessive particle”) + འདམ ('dam, “marsh, swamp, morass”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cháidámù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ daat⁶ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cháidámù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cháidámù
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻai²-ta²-mu⁴
    • Yale: Chái-dá-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chairdarmuh
    • Palladius: Чайдаму (Čajdamu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ tä³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ daat⁶ muk⁶
    • Yale: chàaih daaht muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ daat⁹ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ dad⁶ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ taːt̚² mʊk̚²/

Proper noun

柴達木

1. Qaidam (arid basin in Qinghai, China)