塔城

Chinese

		short for 塔爾巴哈臺／塔尔巴哈台 (Tǎ'ěrbāhātái)	city walls; city; town
trad. (塔城)		塔	城
simp. #(塔城)		塔	城

Etymology

塔 (tǎ) is short for 塔爾巴哈臺／塔尔巴哈台 (Tǎ'ěrbāhātái), the earlier name of the region.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tǎchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tǎchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tǎchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻa³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Tǎ-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taacherng
    • Palladius: Тачэн (Tačɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taap³ sing⁴
    • Yale: taap sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tab³ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

塔城

1. (～地區) Tacheng (a prefecture of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
2. (～市) Tacheng (a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture, Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: T'a-ch'eng, Tacheng