塔城
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Chinese[edit]
short for 塔爾巴哈臺/塔尔巴哈台 (Tǎ'ěrbāhātái) | city walls; city; town | ||
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trad. (塔城) | 塔 | 城 | |
simp. #(塔城) | 塔 | 城 |
Etymology[edit]
塔 (tǎ) is short for 塔爾巴哈臺/塔尔巴哈台 (Tǎ'ěrbāhātái), the earlier name of the region.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun[edit]
塔城
- (~地區) Tacheng (a prefecture of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
- (~市) Tacheng (a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture, Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: T'a-ch'eng, Tacheng