獅泉河

Chinese

		lion	fountain; spring	river
trad. (獅泉河)		獅	泉	河
simp. (狮泉河)		狮	泉	河
Literally: “Lion Fountain River”.

Etymology

Calque of Tibetan སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ (seng ge kha 'bab).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīquánhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ cyun⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīquánhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihcyuánhé
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-chʻüan²-ho²
    • Yale: Shr̄-chywán-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shychyuanher
    • Palladius: Шицюаньхэ (Šicjuanʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ cyun⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: sī chyùhn hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tsyn⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ qun⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Proper noun

獅泉河

1. Sênggê Zangbo (a river in Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the upper course of the Indus River)
2. (～鎮) Shiquanhe (a town in Gar County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

See also

• 象泉河 (Xiàngquánhé)