騰格里

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (騰格里)		騰	格	里
simp. (腾格里)		腾	格	里

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠩᠷᠢ (tngri, “sky, heaven”). Doublet of 撐犁 / 撑犁 (chēnglí).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ténggélǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴ gaak³ lei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ténggélǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ténggélǐ
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻêng²-ko²-li³
  - Yale: Téng-gé-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ternggerlii
  - Palladius: Тэнгэли (Tɛngɛli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tang⁴ gaak³ lei⁵
  - Yale: tàhng gaak léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴ gaak⁸ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴ gag³ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³/

Proper noun

騰格里

Tengri (the chief deity of various historic pagan peoples, including Turks and Mongolians)
(～沙漠) Tengger Desert (a desert in China)