喀拉幹

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (喀拉幹)		喀拉幹
simp. (喀拉干)		喀拉干

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣalɣan, “gate”), from Mongolian ᠴᠢᠭᠣᠯᠠᠯᠲᠣ
ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (čiɣolalto qaɣalg-a, “meeting or assembly gate”), from its important position on Mongolia's trade routes with northern China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kālāgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kālāgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kalagàn
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻa¹-la¹-kan⁴
    • Yale: Kā-lā-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kalhagann
    • Palladius: Калагань (Kalaganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kän⁵¹/

Proper noun

喀拉幹

1. (rare) Synonym of 張家口 / 张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu, “Zhangjiakou”): Kalgan (a city in Hebei, China)