蒙古包

Chinese

		Mongolia	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
trad. (蒙古包)		蒙古	包
simp. #(蒙古包)		蒙古	包

Etymology

Qing-era phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ
ᠪᠣᠣ (monggo boo, literally “Mongolian house”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měnggǔbāo, ménggǔbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠ, ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴ gu² baau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měnggǔbāo [Phonetic: ménggǔbāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měnggǔbao
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-ku³-pao¹
    • Yale: měng-gǔ-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengguubau
    • Palladius: мэнгубао (mɛngubao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménggǔbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménggǔbao
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-ku³-pao¹
    • Yale: méng-gǔ-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengguubau
    • Palladius: мэнгубао (mɛngubao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴ gu² baau¹
    • Yale: mùhng gú bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴ gu² baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴ gu² bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

蒙古包

1. yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)
   • 1770, 欽定南巡盛典:

     皇上南巡旱路扎營所需大城蒙古包帳房等項俱帶往二分 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     皇上南巡旱路扎营所需大城蒙古包帐房等项俱带往二分 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     Huángshàng nánxún hànlù zhāyíng suǒxū dàchéng ménggǔbāo zhàngfáng děng xiàng jù dài wǎng èr fēn [Pinyin]

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