香格里拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (香格里拉)		香	格	里	拉
simp. ^#(香格里拉)		香	格	里	拉

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香格里拉

Etymology

Borrowed from English Shangri-La; compare 香巴拉 (Xiāngbālā, “Shambala”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānggélǐlā

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ gaak³ lei⁵ laai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānggélǐlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sianggélǐla
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-ko²-li³-la¹
  - Yale: Syāng-gé-lǐ-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianggerliilha
  - Palladius: Сянгэлила (Sjangɛlila)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ gaak³ lei⁵ laai¹
  - Yale: hēung gaak léih lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ gaak⁸ lei⁵ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ gag³ léi⁵ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

香格里拉

Shangri-La
(～市) Shangri-La City (a county-level city in Diqing prefecture, Yunnan, China)
(～鎮) Xianggelila (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)

Synonyms

(county-level city in Yunnan): (old name) 中甸 (Zhōngdiàn)

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