喀什

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (喀什)		喀	什

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kāshí, Kàshí

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄕˊ, ㄎㄚˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ sap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kāshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kashíh
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻa¹-shih²
  - Yale: Kā-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kashyr
  - Palladius: Каши (Kaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kàshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kàshíh
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻa⁴-shih²
  - Yale: Kà-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kahshyr
  - Palladius: Каши (Kaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ sap⁶
  - Yale: haak sahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ sap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³ seb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ sɐp̚²/

Etymology 1

Short for 喀什噶爾／喀什噶尔 (Kāshígá'ěr).

Proper noun

喀什

(～地區) Kashgar, Kashi (a prefecture of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
(～市) Kashgar, Kashi (a county-level city of Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

Descendants

→ English: Kashi, K'a-shih, K'o-shih

Etymology 2

From Mongolian Хаш (Xaš), from Mongolian хаш (xaš, “jade”).

Proper noun

喀什

(～河) Kash (a river in Ili prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Kashi, Qash (a town and former township on the Kash in Yining, Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

References

Boskha Kh. Borlykova & al., "Towards the Study of Oirat Hydronyms of the Ili River", Вопросы Ономастики, Vol. 19, No. 2, p. 111.