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

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

(～地區) Tacheng (a prefecture of Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
(～市) Tacheng (a county-level city of Tacheng Prefecture, Ili prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

Descendants

→ English: T'a-ch'eng, Tacheng