塔爾巴哈臺

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (塔爾巴哈臺/塔爾巴哈台)		塔	爾	巴	哈	臺/台
simp. (塔尔巴哈台)		塔	尔	巴	哈	台

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡐᠠᠷᡋᠠᡎᠠᡐᠠᡅ (tarbaɣatai), possibly via Manchu ᡨᠠᡵᠪᠠᡥᠠᡨᠠᡳ (tarbahatai) or ᡨᠠᡵᠪᠠᡤᠠᡨᠠᡳ (tarbagatai).

Compare Mongolian ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ (tarbaɣatai) / Тарвагатай (Tarvagataj, “Tarbagatai”), composed of ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (tarbag-a) / тарвага (tarvaga, “marmot”) and ᠲᠠᠢ (tai) / -тай (-taj).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tǎ'ěrbāhātái

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚㄏㄚㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ ji⁵ baa¹ haa¹ toi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tǎ'ěrbāhātái [Phonetic: táěrbāhātái]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚㄏㄚㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tǎ-ěrbahatái
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻa³-êrh³-pa¹-ha¹-tʻai²
  - Yale: Tǎ-ěr-bā-hā-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taaeelbahatair
  - Palladius: Таэрбахатай (Taerbaxataj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taap³ ji⁵ baa¹ haa¹ toi⁴
  - Yale: taap yíh bā hā tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ ji⁵ baa¹ haa¹ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tab³ yi⁵ ba¹ ha¹ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ jiː¹³ paː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Proper noun

塔爾巴哈臺

(historical) Tacheng

Synonyms

塔城 (Tǎchéng)